• Kecessa
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    10 days ago

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    Sea urchin: oursin (“small bear” kinda)

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

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      9 days ago

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

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        9 days ago

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