HEDGEHOG
\hˈɛd͡ʒhɒɡ], \hˈɛdʒhɒɡ], \h_ˈɛ_dʒ_h_ɒ_ɡ]\
Definitions of HEDGEHOG
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A small European insectivore (Erinaceus Europaeus), 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.
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The Canadian porcupine.
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A form of dredging machine.
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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.
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A species of Medicago (M. intertexta), the pods of which are armed with short spines; - popularly so called.
By Oddity Software
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A small European insectivore (Erinaceus Europaeus), 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.
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The Canadian porcupine.
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A form of dredging machine.
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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.
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A species of Medicago (M. intertexta), the pods of which are armed with short spines; - popularly so called.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A small prickly-backed quadruped, so called from its living in hedges and bushes, and its resemblance to a hog or pig.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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