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porky

adjective

  1. of or resembling pork; piglike; fleshy, obese
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpɔː(ɹ).ki/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos Proto-Italic *porkos Latin porcus Old French porcbor. Middle English pork English pork English -y English porky From pork + -y.

  1. Resembling or characteristic of pork.

    It was tender and delicious, with a kind of porky taste you didn't often get from supermarket meats.

  2. Rather fat; chubby.

    In front of Lister a small red-haired man, with a porky roll of flesh above his towel-top, was examining a line of girls.

noun

Etymology: Clipping of porcupine.

  1. A porcupine.

    The irate Ranger killed thirteen porcupines chewing away on his front porch, and still they came, the salt proving an irresistible lure. In this same district a porky pulled the most impudent stunt of all.

    Although porcupines lack the ability to throw their quills, they do have the capacity to raise and lower them at will. When threatened, a porky elevates its quills so that it bristles like some sort of mammalian cactus with giant spines.