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Hedgehog :: Hedgehog (n.) A small European insectivore (Erinaceus Europaeus), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly upon insects..

Pricklefish :: Pricklefish (n.) The stickleback.

Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.

Inermis :: Inermis (a.) Unarmed; destitute of prickles or thorns, as a leaf..

Unarmed :: Unarmed (a.) Having no hard and sharp projections, as spines, prickles, spurs, claws, etc..

Prickleback :: Prickleback (n.) Alt. of Pricklefis.

Hound''s-tongue :: Hound's-tongue (n.) A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue..

Weapon :: Weapon (n.) A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished..

Prickly :: Prickly (a.) Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub..

Stickler :: Stickleback (v. t.) Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag, sharpling, and prickleback..

Aculeiform :: Aculeiform (a.) Like a prickle.

Prickliness :: Prickliness (n.) The quality of being prickly, or of having many prickles..

Aculeus :: Aculeus (n.) A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses..

Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine..

Echinulate :: Echinulate (a.) Set with small spines or prickles.

Aculeolate :: Aculeolate (a.) Having small prickles or sharp points.

Acanthaceous :: Acanthaceous (a.) Armed with prickles, as a plant..

Echinated :: Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp..

Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles..

Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some branches of trade.

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