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• 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hedgehog caterpillar — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hedgehog fish — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hedgehog grass — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hedgehog rat — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hedgehog shell — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hedgehog thistle — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hedgehog space — In mathematics, a hedgehog space is a topological space, consisting of a set of spines joined at a point. For any cardinal number K, the K hedgehog space is formed by taking the disjoint union of K real unit intervals identified at the origin.… …   Wikipedia

• Hedgehog (weapon) — For the area denial weapon, see Czech hedgehog. The Hedgehog was an anti submarine weapon developed by the Royal Navy during World War II, that was deployed on convoy escort warships such as destroyers to supplement the depth charge. The weapon… …   Wikipedia

• hedgehog — noun 1》 a nocturnal insectivorous mammal with a spiny coat and short legs, able to roll itself into a ball for defence. [Erinaceus europaeus and other species, family Erinaceidae.] 2》 [as modifier] used in names of plants or fruits having spines …   English new terms dictionary

• hedgehog — [hej′hôg΄] n. [ HEDGE + HOG: prob. from living in hedgerows and from the hoglike snout] 1. any of several small insectivores (family Erinaceidae) of the Old World, with a shaggy coat and sharp spines on the back, which bristle and form a defense… …   English World dictionary