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 "Porcusmine" is a name given by [[User:CellularAutomaton|cellularAutomaton]], who discovered it as a detempering of porcupine, although the scale has also been [[Kite_Guitar_Translations_by_Kite_Giedraitis#Couples_Therapy_.28Jacob_Barton.2C_microtonal.29|discussed]] by [[Kite Giedraitis]] and possibly others. The name is a portmanteau of "porcupine" and "smitonic", since its step sizes are intermediate between those of the 8-note porcupine and 7-note smitonic mosses.
+== Modes ==
+Porcusmine has 8 modes. Names are provided based on porcupine (tuning-neutral) and smitonic (for tunings where s is small), as well as a unique portmanteau name. When M and s are close, the scale approaches [[Diminished|diminshed]] ([[4L 4s]]), which has two distinct modes and is therefore not useful for naming. The porcupine mode names refer to William Lynch's names, and the smitonic mode names refer to [[User:Ayceman|Alexandru Ianu]]'s names. Below are the modes arranged in cyclic order:
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
+!Modes in cyclic order
+|-
+|LMLMLMLs
+Porcusmine Octopus
+Porcusmine Sothic Ascending
+Octzothic
+|-
+|MLMLMLsL
+Porcusmine Mantis
+Porcusmine Dagothic
+Mandagothic
+|-
+|LMLMLsLM
+Porcusmine Dolphin
+Porcusmine Lorkhanic
+Dolkhanic
+|-
+|MLMLsLML
+Porcusmine Crab
+Porcusmine Almalexian
+Crablexian
+|-
+|LMLsLMLM
+Porcusmine Tuna
+Porcusmine Vivecan
+Tunivecan
+|-
+|MLsLMLML
+Porcusmine Salmon
+Porcusmine Kagrenacan
+Salmenacan
+|-
+|LsLMLMLM
+Porcusmine Starfish
+Porcusmine Nerevarine
+Starevarine
+|-
+|sLMLMLML
+Porcusmine Whale
+Porcusmine Sothic Descending
+Whothic
+|}