a hedge-hog. N.
·adj Rough; pricking; piercing. II. Urchin ·noun A sea urchin. ·see Sea urchin. III. Urchin ·noun ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A child, a little fellow; also a hedgehog. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·- Any one of numerous species of echinoderms of the order Echinoidea. ...
The Echinus, an animal of the class Echinodermata, of globular form, and a hard calcareous outer cov...
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