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Wikispecies

Proper noun

Erinaceus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Erinaceidae – the hedgehog.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Erinaceus amurensis, Erinaceus concolor, Erinaceus europaeus, Erinaceus roumanicus

Latin

Alternative forms

• herināceus

Noun

ērināceus m ‎(genitive ērināceī); second declension

1. a hedgehog

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

• ēricius

Descendants

• English: erinaceous

References

• erinaceus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ERINACEUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “erinaceus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.