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In Dutch, a porcupine is called a "spike-pig" (stekelvarken)

Edit: and a turtle is also a "shield-toad" (schildpad)

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)

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