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I love when languages have funny words like that. Like how in Japanese, "mushroom" can roughly be translates as "tree child".

• nakedneuron 2y ago
  Hedgehog is literally "needle-mouse" (hari-nezumi).
  • dreijs 2y ago
    In Dutch, a porcupine is called a "spike-pig" (stekelvarken) Edit: and a turtle is also a "shield-toad" (schildpad)
    • riffraff 2y ago
      Porcupine is actually the same meaning, porcus (pork) spina (thorn/spike). It's just a bit obfuscated in modern English compared to e.g. Italian (porcospino)