hedgehog : Idioms & Phrases

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hedgehog cactus

  • noun cactus of the genus Echinocactus having stout sharp spines
WordNet

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.
Webster 1913

hedgehog cereus

  • noun cactus of the genus Echinocereus
WordNet

Hedgehog fish

  • (Zoöl.), any spinose plectognath fish, esp. of the genus Diodon; the porcupine fish.
Webster 1913

Hedgehog grass

  • (Bot.), a grass with spiny involucres, growing on sandy shores; burgrass (Cenchrus tribuloides).
Webster 1913

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.
Webster 1913

Hedgehog shell

  • (Zoöl.), any spinose, marine, univalve shell of the genus Murex.
Webster 1913

Hedgehog thistle

  • (Bot.), a plant of the Cactus family, globular in form, and covered with spines (Echinocactus).
Webster 1913

Sea hedgehog

  • . See Diodon.
Webster 1913