erinaceous

erinaceous
\\|erə|nāshəs\ adjective
Etymology: Latin erinaceus, n., hedgehog, from er hedgehog + -inaceus (as in gallinaceus cock, from gallinaceus of a cock) — more at urchin, gallinaceous
: like or relating to the hedgehog

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/er'euh nay"sheuhs/, adj. Zool.
of the hedgehog kind or family.
[ < L erinace(us) hedgehog + -OUS]

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erinaceous /er-i-nāˈshəs/
adjective
Of, relating to, or resembling a hedgehog
ORIGIN: L erinaceus hedgehog

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erinaceous, a. Zool.
(ɛrɪˈneɪʃəs)
[f. L. ērināce-us hedgehog + -ous.]
Pertaining to the hedgehog family; of the nature of a hedgehog. See also herinacious.
In mod. Dicts.

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