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hedgehog

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HEDGEHOG

n.A quadruped, or genus of quadrupeds, the Erinaceus. The common hedgehog has round ears, and crested nostrils; his body is about nine inches long, and the upper part is covered with prickles or spines, and the under part with hair. When attacked, this animal erects his prickles and rolls himself into a round form, which presents the points of the prickles on all sides to an assailant. 1. A term of reproach.
2. A plant of the genus Medicago, or snail-trefoil. The seeds are shaped like a snail, downy, and armed with a few short spines.
3. The globe-fish, orbis echinatus.
This fish belongs to the genus Diodon. It is covered with long spines, and has the power of inflating its body, whence the name globe-fish.
The Sea-hedgehog, is the Echinus, a genus of Zoophytes, generally of a spheroidal or oval form, and covered with movable spines.

 

HEDGEHOG-THISTLE

n.A plant, the Cactus.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HEDGEHOG

HEDGEHOG Hedge "hog `, n.

 

1. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A small European insectivore (Erinaceus Europæus ), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly upon insects.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The Canadian porcupine. [U.S ]

 

3. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A species of Medicago (M. intertexta ), the pods of which are armed with short spines; -- popularly so called. Loudon.

 

4. A form of dredging machine. Knight. Hedgehog caterpillar (Zoöl.), the hairy larvæ of several species of bombycid moths, as of the Isabella moth. It curls up like a hedgehog when disturbed. See Woolly bear, and Isabella moth. -- Hedgehog fish (Zoöl.), any spinose plectognath fish, esp. of the genus Diodon; the porcupine fish. -- Hedgehog grass (Bot. ), a grass with spiny involucres, growing on sandy shores; burgrass (Cenchrus tribuloides ). -- Hedgehog rat (Zoöl.), one of several West Indian rodents, allied to the porcupines, but with ratlike tails, and few quills, or only stiff bristles. The hedgehog rats belong to Capromys, Plagiodon, and allied genera. -- Hedgehog shell (Zoöl.), any spinose, marine, univalve shell of the genus Murex. -- Hedgehog thistle (Bot. ), a plant of the Cactus family, globular in form, and covered with spines (Echinocactus ). -- Sea hedgehog. See Diodon.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

hedgehog

hedge hog |ˈhejˌhôg, -ˌhäg ˈhɛʤˌhɔɡ | ▶noun a nocturnal insectivorous Old World mammal with a spiny coat and short legs, able to roll itself into a ball for defense. [Family Erinaceidae: four genera and several species, including the common hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus ) of western and northern Europe. ] • any other animal covered with spines, esp. a porcupine. ORIGIN late Middle English: from hedge (from its habitat ) + hog (from its piglike snout ).

 

hedgehog fungus

hedge |hog fun ¦gus ▶noun an edible mushroom which has a cap with a lobed fleshy margin, the underside of which bears downward-pointing spore-bearing spines, common in both Eurasia and North America. ●Hydnum repandum, family Hydnaceae, class Hymenomycetes.

 

Oxford Dictionary

hedgehog

hedge |hog |ˈhɛdʒ (h )ɒg | ▶noun a nocturnal insectivorous Old World mammal with a spiny coat and short legs, able to roll itself into a ball for defence. ●Family Erinaceidae: four genera and several species, including the common Erinaceus europaeus of western and northern Europe. • any other animal covered with spines, especially (N. Amer. ) a porcupine. • used in names of plants or fruits resembling a hedgehog in having spines, e.g. hedgehog cactus, hedgehog holly. ORIGIN late Middle English: from hedge (from its habitat ) + hog (from its piglike snout ).

 

hedgehog fungus

hedge |hog fun ¦gus ▶noun an edible mushroom which has a cap with a lobed fleshy margin, the underside of which bears downward-pointing spore-bearing spines, common in both Eurasia and North America. ●Hydnum repandum, family Hydnaceae, class Hymenomycetes.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

hedgehog

hedgehog noun WORD LINKS hedgehog erinaceous relating to hedgehogs Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

hedgehog

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