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adjective
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of the hedgehog kind or family.
Origin:
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ērināce
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) hedgehog +
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pertaining to creatures without a backbone
vertebrate with body hair that nourishes young with milk from mammary glands
phylum of worms comprised of parasitic and free-living nonparasitic species
cold-blooded vertebrate such as turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians and tuatara
phylum comprised of arthropods
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erinaceous
(ˌɛrɪˈneɪʃəs)
—
adj
of, relating to, or resembling hedgehogs
[C18: from Latin
ērināceus
hedgehog]
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