simple past tense and past participle of hedgehog

(military) To make use of a hedgehog barricade as a defensive maneuver. / To array with spiky projections like the quills of a hedgehog. / (transitive, intransitive) To curl up into a defensive ball.

A small mammal, of the family Erinaceidae or subfamily Erinaceinae (spiny hedgehogs, the latter characterized by their spiny back and often by the habit of rolling up into a ball when attacked.)

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hedgehog

plural of hedgehog

present participle of hedgehog

(military) A static antitank and anti-landing craft obstacle, widely used during World War II, constructed from three mutually-perpendicular steel rails connected in the form of a tripod.

(biochemistry, sometimes capitalized) A morphogenic protein that controls cell division of adult stem cells and has been implicated in the development of some cancers.

plural of wood hedgehog

An edible mushroom of species Hydnum repandum.