Hedgehog

//ˈhɛd͡ʒ.hɒɡ//

Synonyms for "hedgehog" (52 found)

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Closest matches (11)

Noun(3 words)

erinaceus europaeus calvary clover calvary medick

animal antelope ape armadillo bat bear calliope chimpanzee

Strong matches (15)

elephant ferret glutton groundhog guinea pig gun gymnure hare horse

Noun(6 words)

erinaceus europeaeus furze-pig fuzz-pig hedgehog medick hedgepig hedgy-boar

Related words (26)

kangaroo launching pad mammal monk monkey mousetrap opossum pig platypus polecat porcupine possum projector raccoon rat silo six shooter skunk urchin weasel

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wolverine

Noun(5 words)

porcupine prickly-pig sweet tooth urchin wood hedgehog

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

12 relation types

More general

3 entries

gnawer insectivore rodent

More specific

1 entries

hoglet

Synonyms

2 entries

porcupine urchin

Related terms

3 entries

echidna erinaceous porcupine

capable of

1 entries

roll up in ball

coordinate

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gymnure

derived

35 entries

Amur hedgehog Brandt's hedgehog Chinese hedgehog Czech hedgehog Daurian hedgehog European hedgehog Hugh's hedgehog Indian hedgehog Indian long-eared hedgehog North African hedgehog Somali hedgehog Southern African hedgehog bare-bellied hedgehog desert hedgehog four-toed hedgehog hairy hedgehog

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derived from

2 entries

hedge hog

has context

4 entries

australia historical military us

is a

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insectivore little animal with bristles mammal weapon

related to

35 entries

barbed wire barricade brownie cheese cocktail stick curl up czech hedgehog defensive depth charge echidna electrical erinaceidae erinaceinae erinaceous explosion flowering plant

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similar

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gymnure

Translations

203 translations across 140 languages.

Afrikaans

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krimpvarkie noun (animal)

Albanian

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esh noun (animal)
eshk noun (animal)
iriq noun (animal)
uriq noun (animal)

Amharic

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ጥርኝ noun (animal)

Ancient Greek

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χήρ noun (animal)
ἐχῖνος noun (animal)

Arabic

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دعلي noun (animal)
قنفد noun (animal)
قنفود noun (animal)
قُنْفُذ noun (animal)

Armenian

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ոզնի noun (animal)

Aromanian

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arici noun (animal)
ariciu noun (animal)

Asturian

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corcuspín noun (animal)
corrucuspín noun (animal)
oriciu noun (animal)
perrucuspín noun (animal)

Avar

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гӏужрукъ noun (animal)

Azerbaijani

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kirpi noun (animal)

Bashkir

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терпе noun (animal)

Basque

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triku noun (animal)

Belarusian

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во́жык noun (animal)

Bengali

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কাঁটাচুয়া noun (animal)

Breton

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heureuchin noun (animal)

Bulgarian

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еж noun (animal)
таралѐж noun (animal)

Burmese

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ဖြူ noun (animal)
ဖြူကောင် noun (animal)

Buryat

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заряа noun (animal)

Catalan

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eriçó noun (animal)

Central Kurdish

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ژیژۆک noun (animal)

Chichewa

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kanungu noun (animal)

Chinese Cantonese

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刺蝟 /刺猬 noun (animal)

Chinese Mandarin

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刺蝟 /刺猬 noun (animal)

Chuvash

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чӗрӗп noun (animal)

Coptic

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ⲫⲩⲛⲟⲥ noun (animal)
ⲭⲓⲣⲟⲅⲣⲓⲗⲗⲓⲟⲛ noun (animal)

Cornish

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sort noun (animal)

Czech

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ježek noun (animal)

Danish

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pindsvin noun (animal)

Dutch

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egel noun (animal)

Eastern Mari

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шоҥшо noun (animal)

Erzya

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сеель noun (animal)

Esperanto

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erinaco noun (animal)

Estonian

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siil noun (animal)

Faroese

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igulkøttur noun (animal)
tindasvín noun (animal)

Finnish

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siili noun (animal)

French

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hérisson noun (animal)

Friulian

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riç noun (animal)
rič noun (animal)

Galician

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ourizo noun (animal)
ourizo cacho noun (animal)

Georgian

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ზღარბი noun (animal)

German

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Igel noun (animal)

Greek

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εχίνος noun (obstacle)
σκαντζόχοιρος noun (animal)

Haryanvi

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झाऊमूसा noun (animal)
झाहुमूसा noun (animal)

Hebrew

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קִפּוֹד noun (animal)
קיפוד noun (animal)

Hindi

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साही noun (animal)

Hungarian

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sün noun (animal)
sündisznó noun (animal)

Icelandic

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broddgöltur noun (animal)

Indonesian

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landak noun (animal)

Ingrian

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jožikka noun (animal)

Ingush

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зӏий noun (animal)

Irish

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gráinneog noun (animal)

Italian

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riccio noun (animal)

Japanese

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ハリネズミ noun (animal)
針鼠 noun (animal)

Kalmyk

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зара noun (animal)

Kashubian

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jéż noun (animal)

Kazakh

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кірпі noun (animal)

Korean

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고슴도치 noun (animal)

Kyrgyz

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кирпи noun (animal)

Ladin

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igl noun (animal)

Lao

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ຫອນ noun (animal)
ເໝັ້ນ noun (animal)

Latgalian

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ezs noun (animal)

Latin

2 entries

ēricius noun (animal)
ērinaceus noun (animal)

Latvian

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ezis noun (animal)

Laz

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ბუძგი noun (animal)
დაძოლონი noun (animal)

Lithuanian

1 entries

ežys noun (animal)

Low German

3 entries

egel noun (animal)
scharphaas noun (animal)
swienegel noun (animal)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

jež noun (animal)

Luxembourgish

4 entries

Däreldéier noun (animal)
Igel noun (animal)
Kéiseker noun (animal)
Kéiselek m) noun (animal)

Macedonian

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еж noun (animal)

Malay

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landak noun (animal)

Maltese

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qanfud noun (animal)

Manx

2 entries

arkan sonney noun (animal)
graynoge noun (animal)

Mazanderani

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ارمنجی noun (animal)

Middle English

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yrchoun noun (animal)

Moksha

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сеель noun (animal)

Mongolian

2 entries

зараа noun (animal)
зожиг хүн noun (animal)

Māori

1 entries

tuatete noun (animal)

Navajo

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adijiłii noun (animal)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

lanɗa noun (animal)

Nogai

1 entries

кирпи noun (animal)

Norman

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hérisson noun (animal)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

jijk noun (animal)
jûjî noun (animal)

Northern Mansi

1 entries

ю̄нтпыӈ ӯй noun (animal)

Northern Sami

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biikagoašku noun (animal)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

piggsvin noun (animal)
pinnsvin noun (animal)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

bustyvel noun (animal)
piggsvin noun (animal)

Occitan

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eiriçon noun (animal)
eriç noun (animal)

Old East Slavic

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ежь noun (animal)
ожь noun (animal)

Old English

2 entries

hattefagol noun (animal)
iġil noun (animal)

Old Polish

1 entries

jeż noun (animal)

Ossetian

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уызын noun (animal)

Ottoman Turkish

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كرپی noun (animal)

Pashto

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جږګی noun (animal)

Persian

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جوجهتیغی noun (animal)
سکرنه noun (animal)
سیخور noun (animal)
چوله noun (animal)

Plautdietsch

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Schwienhunt noun (animal)

Polish

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jeż noun (animal)
jeż noun (obstacle)

Portuguese

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ouriço noun (animal)

Punjabi

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ਕੰਡਿਆਲ਼ਾ noun (animal)
ਕੰਡੇਰਨਾ noun (animal)
ਝਾਹਾ noun (animal)

Romani

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arichi noun (animal)

Romanian

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arici noun (animal)

Romansch

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erizun noun (animal)

Russian

4 entries

ежа́к noun (animal)
ежи́ха noun (animal)
ёж noun (animal)
ёж noun (obstacle)

Sardinian

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(de matta) arritzoni noun (animal)
berittu noun (animal)
grixoni noun (animal)

Scots

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hurcheon noun (animal)

Scottish Gaelic

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gràineag noun (animal)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

jȇž noun (animal)
је̑ж noun (animal)

Sicilian

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rizzu noun (animal)

Silesian

2 entries

igel noun (animal)
jyż noun (animal)

Slovak

1 entries

jež noun (animal)

Slovene

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jež noun (animal)

Southern Altai

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ёж noun (animal)

Spanish

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erizo noun (animal)

Sundanese

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landak noun (animal)

Swahili

1 entries

kalunguyeye noun (animal)

Swedish

2 entries

igelkott noun (animal)
spansk ryttare noun (obstacle)

Tagalog

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eriso noun (animal)

Tajik

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хорпушт noun (animal)

Talysh

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jəjı noun (animal)

Tat

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jəju noun (animal)

Tatar

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керпе noun (animal)

Thai

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เม่น noun (animal)

Turkish

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kirpi noun (animal)

Turkmen

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kirpi noun (animal)

Udi

1 entries

цацнагъаъгъаъл noun (animal)

Udmurt

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ӵушъял noun (animal)

Ukrainian

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їжа́к noun (animal)

Upper Sorbian

2 entries

jěž noun (animal)
jěžik noun (animal)

Uyghur

1 entries

كىرپە noun (animal)

Uzbek

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kirpi noun (animal)

Vietnamese

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nhím noun (animal)

Vilamovian

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ejggl noun (animal)

Volapük

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reinad noun (animal)

Votic

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joožikkõ noun (animal)
siili noun (animal)

Walloon

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irson noun (animal)
lurson noun (animal)
nierson noun (animal)

Welsh

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draenog noun (animal)

West-Frisian

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ychel noun (animal)
ychelbaarch noun (animal)

Western Mari

1 entries

шӱлӹ noun (animal)

Wolof

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suññéel bi noun (animal)

Yiddish

2 entries

יאָזש noun (animal)
שטעכלער noun (animal)

Yoruba

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líìlí noun (animal)

Zulu

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inhloli noun (animal)

Sample sentences

29 total sentences available.

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The hedgehog on Gotland is a local symbol.

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I live with a hedgehog.

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Hare and Hedgehog began their footrace.

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Hedgehog of curses, generate a part of the game of disgraces to the Finns.

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