Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of the subfamily Erinaceinæ, containing the true hedgehogs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the type genus of the family
Erinaceidae , composed of hedgehogs.
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- noun type genus of the family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs
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Examples
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Other forest species recorded include Parkia biglobosa, Pterocarpus erinaceus, Combretum spp.,
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Dry forest is made up of Sudanian species, such as Piliostigma thonningii, Pterocarpus erinaceus, Pericopsis africana, Bombax costatum, Burkea africana, Prosopis africana, Sterculia setigera, Ficus ingens and Anogeissus leiocarpus.
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Most affected are the Meliacaea family (Khaya species), Pterocarpus erinaceus, and Dalbergia melanoxylon.
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In the savannas where fire is frequent, Lophira lanceolata, Parkia biglobosa, and Pterocarpus erinaceus are the dominant trees, while Anadelphia leptocoma, Andropogon tectorum, and Hyparrhenia diplandra are the dominant grasses.
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_P. erinaceus_, a tree 40 to 50 feet in height, a native of the woods of the Gambia and Senegal, furnishes kino, but none is collected in or exported from Africa.
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Gourds or gourd-like plants, as, _Coccinia Indica; _ Cucumis of several interesting species, as _C. erinaceus, grossularioeformis, odoratissimus; _ dipper or bottle gourd _ (Lagenaria) _; vegetable sponge, dish-cloth gourd, rag gourd _ (Luffa); _ balsam apple, balsam pear _ (Momordica) _; snake gourd _ (Trichosanthes) _; bryonopsis;
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Flückiger and Hanbury were unable to discover any difference between the kino of _P. marsupium_, Roxb., and that of _P. erinaceus_, Poir.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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By far the greater number of the living marine species included in these tables are still inhabitants of the British seas; but even these differ considerably in their relative abundance, some of the commonest of the Crag shells being now extremely scarce; as, for example, Buccinopsis Dalei; and others, rarely met with in a fossil state, being now very common, as Murex erinaceus and Cardium echinatum.
The Antiquity of Man Charles Lyell 1836
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They are older by a whole deposit than their present contemporaries, the mussel and periwinkle; and these, in turn, seem of older standing than shells such as _Murex erinaceus_, that has not been traced beyond the times of the mammaliferous crag, or than shells such as _Scrobicularia piperata_, that has not been detected in more ancient deposits than raised sea beaches of the later periods, and the elevated bottoms of old estuaries and lagoons.
The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed Hugh Miller 1829
jenniferomurphy commented on the word erinaceus
It is curious to me that no one has tried to use this marvelous word as an adjective. It's wonderfully descriptive of several people I know!
May 20, 2012
rolig commented on the word erinaceus
The adjective exists, only it is spelled differently: erinaceous. Feel free to use this word, spelled correctly with the adjectival -ous suffix, to describe any hedgehoggy acquaintances you may have.
May 21, 2012