Hyphenation of porcupine

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word porcupine? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

por-cu-pine

Definitions of porcupine:

1.	Relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur

Synonyms of porcupine:

noun	hedgehog, rodent, gnawer, gnawing animal

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.