(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.
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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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(US) Any of several spiny mammals, such as the porcupine, that are similar to the hedgehog.
2005, Paul Mitchell, The Favourite, Frank Moorhouse, The Best Australian Stories 2005, [https://books.google.com/books?id=OBRMpu_VrysC&pg=PA145 page 145],
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