1) Chess opening 2) Erinaceus europaeus 3) Explosive weapon 4) Gnawer 5) Gnawing animal 6) Porcupine 7) Prickly rodent 8) Rodent 9) Spinose mammal 10) Spiny critter 11) Spiny-haired mammal 12) Wonderland croquet ball
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1) Porcupine
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The name hedgehog came into use around the year 1450, derived from the Middle English heyghoge, from heyg, hegge (`hedge`), because it frequents hedgerows, and hoge, hogge (`hog`), from its piglike snout. Other names include urchin, hedgepig and furze-pig. The collective noun for a group of hedgehogs is array or prickle. ==Physical description...
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[chess] Once the basic Hedgehog structure is in place, and depending on how White responds, Black has various ways of reorganizing his pieces. The knight on d7 often hops to c5, where it attacks a white pawn on e4; or to e5, where it attacks a pawn on c4. The knight on f6 can go to e8 (when Black placed his rook on d8) to defend the d6 pawn...
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[weapon] The Hedgehog (also known as an Anti-Submarine Projector) was an ahead-throwing anti-submarine weapon developed by the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom during World War II. It was deployed on convoy escort warships such as destroyers and corvettes to supplement the depth charge. The weapon fired a number of small spigot mortar bombs...
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• (n.) The Canadian porcupine. • (n.) 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, f...
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(from the article `depth charge`) ...I, devices were developed to propel depth charges through the air over distances of 100 or more yards, thus widening the effective radius at which ...
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(from the article `tactics`) ...to keep up with cavalry, at any rate in confined terrain such as Alpine valleys. If the worst occurred and an isolated column was caught in the ...
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any of 15 Old World species of insectivores possessing several thousand short, smooth spines. Most species weigh under 700 grams (1.5 pounds), but ... [1 related articles]
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1. <zoology> 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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Hedge'hog` noun 1. (Zoology) A small European insectivore (
Erinaceus Europæus ), 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 ...
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The hedgehog is various genera of small prickly carnivorous mammals of the order Insectivora, family Erinaceidae covered with spines in lieu of hair. They are solitary, nocturnal animals living in small thickets and feeding on caterpillars, beetles, slugs, worms, young mice, eggs and fruit. Hedgehogs are fond of raw or roasted flesh, and will devou...
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Hedgehog is London Cockney rhyming slang for a foreigner (wog).
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[
n] - small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines
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Erinaceus europaeus noun small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines
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Insectivorous mammal native to Europe, Asia, and Africa. The body, including the tail, is 30 cm/1 ft long. It is greyish brown in colour, has a piglike snout, and its back and sides are covered with sharp spines. When threatened it rolls itself into a ball bristling with spines. Hedgehogs feed on...
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