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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hedge•hog /ˈhɛdʒˌhɑg, -ˌhɔg/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Mammalsan insect-eating animal with spiny hairs on the back and sides.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hedge•hog (hej′hog′, -hôg′),USA pronunciation n. - Mammalsan Old World, insect-eating mammal of the genus Erinaceus, esp. E. europaeus, having spiny hairs on the back and sides.
- Mammalsthe porcupine.
- Military
- a portable obstacle made of crossed logs in the shape of an hourglass, usually laced with barbed wire.
- an obstructive device consisting of steel bars, angle irons, etc., usually embedded in concrete, designed to damage and impede the boats and tanks of a landing force on a beach.
- late Middle English heyghoge. See hedge, hog 1400–50
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