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Ocean Hedgehogs (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 43 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

In portuguese, it is still the same:

Sea urchin = ouriço do mar

Hedgehog = ouriço cacheiro

Porcupine is porco-espinho; literally, thorn pig.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

French

Sea urchin: oursin ("small bear" kinda)

Porcupine: Porc-épic (epic pork!) which sounds like porc et pics (pork and spikes)

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 months ago

French is rich with playful words.

[–] MacAnus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hérisson kinda sounds like oursin, I wonder if it evolved from it. (The word not the animal)

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Oh right, the image was talking about hedgehogs and not porcupines so the hérisson (probably from hérissé?) and not the porc-épic!

[–] spookex@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

In Latvian it's just

Hedgehog = Ezis

Sea urchin = Jūras ezis (Literally sea hedgehog)

Same almost for the porcupine tho, it is called dzeloņcūka, which basically translates to barbed pig.

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Same in Hungarian

[–] SanderTuit@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Same in Dutch: zeeëgel.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Same in German: Seeigel

And porcupine is Stachelschwein, literally "thorn pig"

[–] Haaveilija@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Same in Finnish: Merisiili (meri = sea, siili = hedgehog)