Hedgehog

Etymology
From hedge + hog.

Noun

 * 1) Small mammal characterized by its spiny back and by its habit of rolling itself into a ball when attacked.
 * 2) A type of moveable military barricade made from crossed logs or steel bars, laced with barbed wire, used to damage or impede tanks and vehicles; Czech hedgehog.
 * 3) The nickname for a type of depth charge weapon that simultaneously fires a number of explosives into the water to create a pattern of underwater explosions intended to attack submerged enemies.
 * 4)  A type of chocolate cake (or slice), somewhat similar to an American brownie.

Scientific names

 * Erinaceus europaeus, family Erinaceidae

Synonyms

 * urchin
 * furze-pig (West Country)

Derived terms

 * Czech hedgehog
 * hedgehog signalling pathway
 * sonic hedgehog

Translations

 * Albanian: iriqi
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Azeri:
 * Basque: triku
 * Belarusian: вожык
 * Breton: heureuchin
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: eriçó
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
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 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: tindasvín
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: riç
 * Galician: ourizo
 * Georgian:
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 * Greek:
 * Ancient:
 * Hebrew: קפוד (kipod)
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: gráinneog
 * Italian:, porcospino
 * Japanese: 針鼠
 * Kazakh: кірпі
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish: ژیژۆک
 * Ladin: igl


 * Latgalian:
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Lower Sorbian: jež
 * Macedonian:
 * Maltese: qanfud
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Occitan: eriç, eriçon
 * Ossetian:
 * Persian: (juje-tighi)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romani: arichi
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: erizun
 * Russian: ,
 * Sami: biikagoašku
 * Sardinian: arritzoni (de matta), grixoni, berittu
 * Scottish Gaelic: gràineag
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: јеж
 * Roman: jež
 * Sicilian: rizzu
 * Slovak:
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 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Upper Sorbian: jěž, jěžik
 * Welsh: draenog
 * West Frisian: ychelbaarch,


 * Greek: εχίνος
 * Russian:


 * Swedish: