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Meaning of urson | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A species of New World porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum.

Equivalents

Français urson
Polski urson

Examples

“The urson (Hystrix dorsata)^([sic]) inhabits the United States and Canada, and is the only species of porcupine, properly so called, which appears to have the power of climbing trees.”
“The urson might be called the spiny beaver, it being of the same size, the same country, and the same form of body;[…]. In the young ursons, the prickles are proportionably larger, more apparent, and the hair shorter and scarcer than in the adults.”

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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