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Meanings of hedgehog in English
1940S shipboard multi-barrel anti-submarine mortar weapon of British origin.
Related terms
Portuguese
ouriço-terrestre Catalan
eriçó Small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines.
Usage of hedgehog in English
1
Populations of the hedgehog have suffered a dramatic decline in recent years.
2
Have they left gaps in fences between gardens to allow hedgehog movement?
3
They let her out while she still thought she was a hedgehog.
4
Over a quarter of the hedgehog population has disappeared in a decade.
5
The hedgehog being lazy and loath to move-laydead-simmering in his fat.
6
Suddenly the hedgehog disappeared, terrified he rolled himself up in his prickles.
7
You ought to find out who put that hedgehog in her bed.
8
Hereupon the hedgehog departed, for the hare was quite satisfied with this.
9
He took a stick and gently poked the hedgehog they saw first.
10
With a hedgehog you can get really close, and make a connection.
11
This evening he knocked over a hedgehog, mistaking it for a cat.
12
Toads, frogs, mice, and even snakes are eaten by the European hedgehog.
13
The hotchi, squat and tough hedgehog man, stroked his mount's red comb.
14
Then, hold thy head bowed, and be as savage as a hedgehog.
15
The aunt, overwhelmed with alarm, vexation, and surprise, bristled like a hedgehog.
16
This hedgehog, that chimney pot, the other pair of Don Alfonso's tweezers.
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Hedgehog through the time
Hedgehog across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common