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 

• ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines

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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)