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Hedgehog
Hedgehog Hedge"hog`, n. (Elec.) A variety of transformer with open magnetic circuit, the ends of the iron wire core being turned outward and presenting a bristling appearance, whence the name.
Hedgehog
Hedgehog Hedge"hog`, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) A small European insectivore (Erinaceus Europ[ae]us), 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. (Zo["o]l.) The Canadian porcupine.[U.S] 3. (Bot.) 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 (Zo["o]l.), the hairy larv[ae] 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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.

Meaning of Hedgehog from wikipedia

- A hedgehog is a spiny mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae, in the eulipotyphlan family Erinaceidae. There are 17 species of hedgehog in five genera found...
- Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game series and media franchise created by the ****anese developers Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, and Hirokazu Yasuhara for Sega...
- Hedgehog video game franchise began in 1991 with the video game Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Genesis, which pitted a blue anthropomorphic hedgehog...
- Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. An anthropomorphic black hedgehog, Shadow shares design traits and attributes with Sonic the Hedgehog, and serves as...
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is a 2024 action-adventure comedy film based on the Sonic video game series. The third in the Sonic film series, it was directed by...
- up hedgehog or hedgehogs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A hedgehog is a small, spiny mammal. Hedgehog may also refer to: Domesticated hedgehog Hedgehog...
- Sonic the Hedgehog is a 1991 platform game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. It was released in PAL regions on June 21, North America...
- Sonic the Hedgehog is a character created by the ****anese game designers Yuji Naka and Naoto Ohshima. He is the star of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise...
- Sonic the Hedgehog is a 2020 action-adventure comedy film based on the Sonic video game series. The first in the Sonic film series, it was directed by...
- The European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), also known as the West European hedgehog or common hedgehog, is a hedgehog species native to Europe from Iberia...