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hedgehoglike

hedgehoglike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a hedgehog.

Adjective

hedgehoglike (comparative more hedgehoglike, superlative most hedgehoglike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a hedgehog.
    • Mr. Barnett is more foxy than hedgehoglike in other ways too.2009 February 11, Dwight Garner, “U.S. as Parent to Countries in Their Teens”, in New York Times

Forms of hedgehoglike

comparativemore hedgehoglike
superlativemost hedgehoglike

Origin of hedgehoglike

From hedgehog + -like.

Questions about hedgehoglike

What does hedgehoglike mean?
Hedgehoglike means resembling or characteristic of a hedgehog.
What part of speech is hedgehoglike?
Hedgehoglike is an adjective.

Words near hedgehoglike in the dictionary

  1. hedgehogged
  2. hedgehogginess
  3. hedgehogging
  4. hedgehoggy
  5. hedgehogless
  6. hedgehoglike
  7. hedgehogs
  8. hedgehop
  9. hedgehopped
  10. hedgehopper
  11. hedgehoppers

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