The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SETAE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1988.
Porcupine's defense crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters | 
|---|---|---|
| SETAE | 100 % | 5 | 
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Porcupine's defense
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- porcupine
 - spiny
 - quill
 - spine
 - hedgehog
 - panoply
 - rodent
 - erethizontidae
 - family erethizontidae
 - family hystricidae
 - hystricidae
 - hystricine
 
Crossword Answer definitions
SETAE noun- A bristle or hair
 - The stalk of a moss sporangium, or occasionally in a liverwort.
 
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