- family Erinaceidae
- nountrue hedgehogs• Syn: ↑Erinaceidae• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family• Member Holonyms: ↑Insectivora, ↑order Insectivora• Member Meronyms: ↑Erinaceus, ↑genus Erinaceus
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family Erinaceidae
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Erinaceidae — n. a natural family including the true hedgehogs. Syn: family {Erinaceidae}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Erinaceidae — noun true hedgehogs • Syn: ↑family Erinaceidae • Hypernyms: ↑mammal family • Member Holonyms: ↑Insectivora, ↑order Insectivora • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
mammal family — noun a family of mammals • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Tachyglossidae, ↑family Tachyglossidae, ↑Ornithorhynchidae, ↑family Ornithorhynchidae, ↑Didelphidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Insectivora — European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) The extinct Macrocranion tu … Wikipedia
Mammal classification — Over 70% of mammal species are in the orders Rodentia (blue), Chiroptera (red), and Soricomorpha (yellow) Mammalia is a class of animal within the Phylum Chordata. Mammal classification has been through several iterations since Carolus Linnaeus… … Wikipedia
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Erinaceus — noun type genus of the family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs • Syn: ↑genus Erinaceus • Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Erinaceidae, ↑family Erinaceidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
hedgehog — hedgehoggy, adj. /hej hog , hawg /, n. 1. an Old World, insect eating mammal of the genus Erinaceus, esp. E. europaeus, having spiny hairs on the back and sides. 2. the porcupine. 3. Mil. a. a portable obstacle made of crossed logs in the shape… … Universalium
North African hedgehog — North African Hedgehog[1] A North African Hedgehog in the Balearic Islands Conservation status … Wikipedia
