erinaceus europeaeus

English Thesaurus

1. small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	insectivore,
definition	:	small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals (noun.animal)

part holonym	:	quill,
definition	:	a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	erinaceus, genus erinaceus,
definition	:	type genus of the family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs (noun.animal)