Associations to the word «Erinaceus»

Wiktionary

ERINACEUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Erinaceidae   — the hedgehog.
ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Erinaceidae   — the European hedgehog or common hedgehog.

Dictionary definition

ERINACEUS, noun. Type genus of the family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats