hedgehog
A small mammal of the subfamily , characterized by their spiny back and often by the habit of rolling up into a ball when attacked, native to Afro-Eurasia.
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Born ~1953 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
The French Pop sculpture workshop "Leblon Delienne" has announced a 35th Anniversary Sonic the Hedgehog sculpture! Limited to 500 units. Details on website: bit.ly/4unvVfs
If you're wondering what the vibe is: my second favorite album ever is linkin park's meteora and I am the person sega made shadow the hedgehog (2005) for
Hedgehog awareness week!! www.wwf.org.uk/updates/5-wa...
Game: Sonic The Hedgehog Console: Nintendo Wii Created by: PuzzleMan1337 Uploaded on: November 17th, 2007
Sonic the Hedgehog - Nendoroid Shadow 🖤✨️ Available on meccha-japan! #SonictheHedgehog #Shadow
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A small mammal of the subfamily , characterized by their spiny back and often by the habit of rolling up into a ball when attacked, native to Afro-Eurasia.
Among the Romans the genital organ of the hedgehog and the wolf were among the ingredients used in aphrodisiac concoctions.
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(informal, military, historical) A spigot mortar-type of depth charge weapon from World War II that simultaneously fires a number of explosives into the water to create a pattern of underwater explosions intended to attack submerged submarines.
“The French Pop sculpture workshop "Leblon Delienne" has announced a 35th Anniversary Sonic the Hedgehog sculpture! Limited to 500 units. Details on website: bit.ly/4unvVfs”
— Bluesky· May 2026“If you're wondering what the vibe is: my second favorite album ever is linkin park's meteora and I am the person sega made shadow the hedgehog (2005) for”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Hedgehog awareness week!! www.wwf.org.uk/updates/5-wa...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Hunter implodes Sonic the Hedgehog's brains”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Hedgehog Awareness Week! Join in ... sign up to the Hedgehog Pledge ... find ways to help through the @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social hughwarwick.substack.com/p/hedgehog-a...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(US) Any of several spiny mammals, such as the porcupine, that are similar to the hedgehog.
“Game: Sonic The Hedgehog Console: Nintendo Wii Created by: PuzzleMan1337 Uploaded on: November 17th, 2007”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Sonic the Hedgehog - Nendoroid Shadow 🖤✨️ Available on meccha-japan! #SonictheHedgehog #Shadow”
— Bluesky· May 2026“IT'S WORKING IT'S WORKING MY SNEAKY SCHEME IS WORKING IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THAT HEDGEHOG'S MINE”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Biologists have fun sometimes. One of the proteins involved in embryo development is called Sonic hedgehog”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Shadow The Hedgehog implodes Izuku's brains”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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