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nounrelatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
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nounsmall nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines
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Definition that contains hedgehog
- quill a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog
- lipotyphla moles; hedgehogs; true shrews
- insectivora shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs
- erinaceus type genus of the family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs
- order insectivora shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs
- family erinaceidae true hedgehogs
- suborder lipotyphla moles; hedgehogs; true shrews
- tenrec small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog
- genus erinaceus type genus of the family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs
- tendrac small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog