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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: ↑hedgehog, ↑Erinaceus europaeus, ↑Erinaceus europeaeus

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷sēəs, -sh(ē)əs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, hedgehog

: a genus (the type of the family Erinaceidae) of Old World spiny-coated mammals consisting of the true hedgehogs

Useful english dictionary. 2012.