hedgehog

Etymology
From ; equivalent to 🇰🇲. Eclipsed non-native, , from , ; and , from ,.

Noun

 * 1) A small mammal, of the family  or subfamily  (, the latter characterized by their spiny back and often by the habit of rolling up into a ball when attacked.)
 * 2)  Any of several spiny mammals, such as the porcupine, that are similar to the hedgehog.
 * 3)   an antitank obstacle constructed from three steel rails.
 * 4)  A spigot mortar-type of depth charge weapon from World War II that simultaneously fires a number of explosives into the water to create a pattern of underwater explosions intended to attack submerged submarines.
 * 5)  A type of chocolate cake (or slice), somewhat similar to an American brownie.
 * 6) * 2005, Paul Mitchell, The Favourite, Frank Moorhouse, The Best Australian Stories 2005, page 145,
 * There are hedgehogs with sultanas as well as breadcrumbs, carrot cakes and fruitcakes and banana walnut loaves.
 * 1) A form of dredging machine.
 * 2) Certain flowering plants with parts resembling a member of family
 * , the pods of which are armed with short spines.
 * 1)  of South Africa.
 * 2) The edible fungus.
 * 3) A kind of electrical transformer with open magnetic circuit, the ends of the iron wire core being turned outward and presenting a bristling appearance.
 * 4) A way of serving food at a party, consisting of a half melon or potato etc. with individual cocktail sticks of cheese and pineapple stuck into it.
 * 5)  A type of plane curve; see.
 * 1)  of South Africa.
 * 2) The edible fungus.
 * 3) A kind of electrical transformer with open magnetic circuit, the ends of the iron wire core being turned outward and presenting a bristling appearance.
 * 4) A way of serving food at a party, consisting of a half melon or potato etc. with individual cocktail sticks of cheese and pineapple stuck into it.
 * 5)  A type of plane curve; see.
 * 1) A way of serving food at a party, consisting of a half melon or potato etc. with individual cocktail sticks of cheese and pineapple stuck into it.
 * 2)  A type of plane curve; see.

Translations

 * Abkhaz:
 * Adyghe:
 * Afrikaans: krimpvarkie
 * Aghwan:
 * Albanian:, , ,
 * Amharic: ጥርኝ
 * Arabic: قُنْفُذ
 * Egyptian Arabic: قنفد
 * Gulf Arabic: دعلي
 * Hijazi Arabic: قُنْفُذ
 * Moroccan Arabic: قنفود
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: ariciu, arici
 * Assamese:
 * Asturian:, , , , corrucuspín
 * Avar: гӏужрукъ
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: терпе
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian:
 * Bengali:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:, еж
 * Burmese:, ဖြူကောင်
 * Buryat: заряа
 * Catalan:
 * Chichewa: kanungu
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 刺蝟
 * Mandarin:
 * Chuvash: чӗрӗп
 * Coptic: ⲫⲩⲛⲟⲥ, ⲭⲓⲣⲟⲅⲣⲓⲗⲗⲓⲟⲛ
 * Cornish: sort
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Erzya: сеель
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese:, igulkøttur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: riç, rič
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: ზღარბი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐχῖνος, χήρ
 * Haryanvi: झाऊमूसा, झाहुमूसा
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: jožikka
 * Ingush: зӏий
 * Irish: gráinneog
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kalmyk: зара
 * Kazakh: кірпі
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ژیژۆک
 * Northern Kurdish: jijk,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Ladin: igl
 * Lao: ຫອນ,
 * Latgalian: ezs
 * Latin: ērinaceus, ēricius
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: egel, swienegel, scharphaas
 * Luxembourgish:, Kéisécker, , , Kéiselek
 * Macedonian: еж
 * Malay: landak
 * Maltese: qanfud
 * Mansi:
 * Northern Mansi: ю̄нтпыӈ ӯй
 * Manx: arkan sonney, graynoge
 * Maori: tuatete
 * Mari:
 * Eastern Mari: шоҥшо
 * Western Mari: шӱлӹ
 * Mazanderani: ارمنجی
 * Middle English: yrchoun
 * Mongolian:, зожиг хүн
 * Navajo: adijiłii
 * Ngazidja Comorian: lanɗa
 * Nogai: кирпи
 * Norman: hérisson
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk: ,
 * Occitan: ,
 * Old East Slavic: ожь, ежь
 * Old English: iġil, hattefagol
 * Ossetian: уызын
 * Ottoman Turkish: كرپی
 * Pashto: جږګی
 * Persian:, ژوژ , سکرنه, سیخور,
 * Plautdietsch: Schwienhunt
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਕੰਡਿਆਲ਼ਾ, ਕੰਡੇਰਨਾ, ਝਾਹਾ
 * Romani: arichi
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: erizun
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Sami:
 * Northern Sami: biikagoašku
 * Sardinian: arritzoni, grixoni, berittu
 * Scots: hurcheon
 * Scottish Gaelic: gràineag
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: је̑ж
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower: jež
 * Upper: jěž, jěžik
 * Spanish:
 * Sundanese: landak
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: eriso
 * Tajik:
 * Talysh: jəjı
 * Tat: jəju
 * Tatar:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: kirpi
 * Udi: цацнагъаъгъаъл
 * Udmurt: ӵушъял
 * Ukrainian:
 * Uyghur: كىرپە
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Vilamovian: ejggl
 * Volapük:
 * Votic: siili
 * Walloon:, ,
 * Welsh: draenog
 * West Frisian: ,
 * Wolof: suññéel bi
 * Yiddish: שטעכלער, יאָזש
 * Zhuang:
 * Zulu: inhloli


 * Greek:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: spansk ryttare

Verb

 * 1)  To make use of a hedgehog barricade as a defensive maneuver.
 * 2) To array with spiky projections like the quills of a hedgehog.
 * 3)  To curl up into a defensive ball.
 * 1) To array with spiky projections like the quills of a hedgehog.
 * 2)  To curl up into a defensive ball.
 * 1)  To curl up into a defensive ball.
 * 1)  To curl up into a defensive ball.
 * 1)  To curl up into a defensive ball.
 * 1)  To curl up into a defensive ball.