hedgehog
A small mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae, characterized by their spiny back and often by the habit of rolling up into a ball when attacked, native to Afro-Eurasia.
Any of several spiny mammals, such as the porcupine, that are similar to the hedgehog.
Ellipsis of Czech hedgehog (“an antitank obstacle constructed from three steel rails”).
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.
A type of chocolate cake (or slice), somewhat similar to an American brownie.
A form of dredging machine.
Certain flowering plants with parts resembling a member of family Erinaceidae
Certain flowering plants with parts resembling a member of family Erinaceidae
The edible fungus Hydnum repandum.
A kind of electrical transformer with open magnetic circuit, the ends of the iron wire core being turned outward and presenting a bristling appearance.
A way of serving food at a party, consisting of a half melon or potato etc. with individual cocktail sticks of cheese and pineapple stuck into it.
A type of plane curve; see Hedgehog (geometry).
Someone who has one big overarching personal philosophy or worldview.

hedgehogs
plural of hedgehog

hero shrew
A shrew of species Scutisorex somereni.

house shrew
A shrew that makes its habitat in and around human houses, especially Suncus murinus, found in various parts of Asia, Africa, and some islands.

insectivoran
Any animal of the former order Insectivora

insectivorans
plural of insectivoran

jumping shrew
Sengi (Macroscelididae)

mafia
A hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion.
A crime syndicate.
A trusted group of associates, as of a political leader.
An entity which attempts to control a specified arena by violence or threats.

mafias
plural of mafia

marsh shrew
A shrew of species Sorex bendirii, the largest North American member of the genus.

moale
Obsolete form of mole.

moales
plural of moale

mol
Alternative spelling of mole.

mold
A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
The shape or pattern of a mold.
General shape or form.
Distinctive character or type.
A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
A group of moldings.
A fontanelle.

molde
Obsolete spelling of mold.

mole
A naevus, a pigmented, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy spot on the skin.

mole shrew
Any of various shrews that resemble moles, of the genera Surdisorex and Anourosorex.
Synonym of short-tailed shrew, any of the genus Blarina of relatively large shrews with relatively short tails, found in North America.
A shrew mole.

molerat
Alternative form of mole rat.

molerats
plural of molerat

moles
plural of mole

mols
plural of mol

mool
Alternative form of mold (“soil, earth”).

mools
plural of mool

moonrat
A gymnure, especially the greater gymnure, Echinosorex gymnura.

moonrats
plural of moonrat

musk shrew
Any of Crocidura spp.
A house shrew (Suncus murinus, syn. Sorex indicus)
A desman (Desmana moschata or Galemys pyrenaicus).
A muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus etc.).

muskshrew
Alternative spelling of musk shrew.

muskshrews
plural of muskshrew

ornate shrew
The shrew Sorex ornatus.

otter shrew
A semiaquatic riverine afrotherian mammal (taxonomic family Potamogalidae) indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa.

red-toothed shrews
plural of red-toothed shrew

shrew
Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae.
Certain other small mammals that resemble true shrews.
An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.

shrew mole
Any of various moles that resemble shrews, in subfamily Uropsilinae, in the tribe Urotrichini, or in the genus Neurotrichus.

shrews
plural of shrew

shrow
Alternative form of shrew.

slender shrew
Sorex gracillimus, a shrew found in northeastern North Korea, Hokkaidō, and the Russian Far East.

solenodon
Any of the family Solenodontidae of small nocturnal, burrowing, insectivorous mammals, with a long snout and venomous saliva.

solenodons
plural of solenodon

star-nosed mole
A mole of species Condylura cristata, identified by the 22 sensory appendages around the snout.

star-nosed moles
plural of star-nosed mole

talpa
An encysted tumour on the head; a wen.

talpae
plural of talpa

tanrec
Archaic form of tenrec.

tanrecs
plural of tanrec

tendrac
Alternative form of tenrec.

tendracs
plural of tendrac

tenrec
Any of several diverse small mammals, of the family Tenrecidae, many native to Madagascar.

tenrecs
plural of tenrec

topoi
plural of topos

topos
A literary theme or motif; a rhetorical convention or formula.
A category that behaves like the category of sheaves of sets on a topological space (or, more generally, on a site).
A toilet.

toposes
plural of topos

water mole
A shrew mole.
platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus).
A desman (Desmana moschata or Galemys pyrenaicus).

water shrew
Any semiaquatic red-toothed shrews of several species:
Any semiaquatic red-toothed shrews of several species:
Any semiaquatic red-toothed shrews of several species:
Any semiaquatic red-toothed shrews of several species:

watermole
Alternative form of water mole.

watermoles
plural of watermole

aerophares
plural of aerophare

antelope jackrabbit
A North American hare of species Lepus alleni, found in southern Arizona and northwestern Mexico.

arctic hare
A North-American hare of species Lepus arcticus, that is white, usually year round, found in the Arctic.

black-lipped pika
Synonym of plateau pika.

black-tailed jackrabbit
Lepus californicus, a common hare of the western United States and Mexico

blue hare
Synonym of mountain hare (Lepus timidus).

bluebellies
plural of bluebelly

bluebelly
Sceloporus occidentalis, a North American lizard.
A Yankee; a Union soldier during the American civil war.

brown hare
European hare (Lepus europaeus).

brush rabbit
A species of small cottontail rabbits found in the Pacific Slope of the western United States and Baja California, Sylvilagus bachmani.

cane cutter
A worker who harvests sugar cane on a sugar plantation.

carpi
plural of carpus

coney
The Jamaican coney (Geocapromys brownii), a hutia endemic to Jamaica.
Ellipsis of Coney Island hot dog.
Alternative spelling of cony (“a rabbit, a hyrax”).
Alternative spelling of cony (“a species of fish”).

coneys
plural of coney

conies
plural of cony
plural of coney

connie
Obsolete form of cony (“rabbit”).

connies
plural of connie

cony
A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus).
Rabbit fur.
Locally for other rabbit-like or hyrax-like animals, such as the Cape hyrax (das, dassie) or the pika (Ochotona princeps, formerly Lagomys princeps).
Locally for other rabbit-like or hyrax-like animals, such as the Cape hyrax (das, dassie) or the pika (Ochotona princeps, formerly Lagomys princeps).
A simpleton; one who may be taken in by a cony-catcher.
An edible West Indian fish, a grouper given in different sources as: Epinephelus apua, the hind of Bermuda; nigger-fish, Epinephelus punctatus; Cephalopholis fulva.
Any of certain members of family Epinephelidae of Atlantic groupers, such as mutton hamlets, graysby, Cuban coneys, and rooster hinds.
A burbot.
A woman; a sweetheart.

cottontails
plural of cottontail

cunnie
Alternative form of cunny ("vagina, vulva")

cunnies
plural of cunny
plural of cunnie

cunny
Obsolete form of cony (“rabbit”).

desert cottontail
A common species of cottontail rabbit native to the southwestern United States as well as northern and central Mexico, extending northward into Montana, Sylvilagus audubonii.

desert hare
American desert hare, Lepus californicus, the black-tailed jackrabbit.
Cape hare, Lepus capensis