Definition of "urson" [ur•son]

• The Canadian porcupine. (noun)

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• "I at once saw that it was an "urson," or porcupine; although my companion supposed it to be another animal, as he could not see the long quills with which the English porcupine is armed."
• "The urson plays a not unimportant part in the destruction of the forests of"
• "Our urson, though it became attached to Uncle Denis and would feed out of his hand, was always an object of awe to the rest of the animals, who seemed well aware of its power of inflicting punishment on any of them who might offend it."