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Definition of Erinaceus
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Erinaceidae, Family Erinaceidae
Member holonyms: Erinaceus Europaeus, Erinaceus Europeaeus, Hedgehog
Lexicographical Neighbors of Erinaceus
Literary usage of Erinaceus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, (Natural History) by Richard Lydekker (1887)
"The first pair of upper incisors are separated from one another by an interval (as
in Erinaceus), but there is no other diastema ; the first four upper ..."
2. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1864)
"... erinaceus, Cuv. Sf Vol. xv. p. 510. D. 8. A. 3. P. 1/5. Body short, broad,
and depressed; extremity of the snout naked; ..."
3. Catalogue of the Hunterian Collection in the Museum of the Royal College of by Museum, Royal College of Surgeons in London (1831)
"Erinaceus europaeus—Lin: (Le Herisson—Buff":} ^.—Schreb: tab. 162. ... Erinaceus
europaeus. 213. Skull of a Hedgehog. Erinaceus europaeus. Mus. Brookes. ..."
4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"Erinaceus, Lin. The body of the Hedgehog is covered with spines instead of hairs.
The skin of the back is furnished with such muscles, as, by inclining the ..."
5. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"Erinaceus COLLARIS. The Collared Hedgehog (Jerdon's No. 85). HABITAT.—Northern
India and Afghanistan. Dallas says from Madras to Candahar; but Jerdon calls ..."
6. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"Stem of a very large Echinocactus erinaceus (imported) . . '076 Broad beans -076
Sago -070 Lentils -067 Haricot-beans ..."
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