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ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Erinaceus europaeus mean?
• ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS (noun)
The noun ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS has 1 sense:
1. small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines
Familiarity information: ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Erinaceus europaeus; Erinaceus europeaeus; hedgehog
Hypernyms ("Erinaceus europaeus" is a kind of...):
insectivore (small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals)
Meronyms (parts of "Erinaceus europaeus"):
quill (a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog)
Holonyms ("Erinaceus europaeus" is a member of...):
Erinaceus; genus Erinaceus (type genus of the family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs)
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