Plural of hedgehog
regular plural
The plural of hedgehog is hedgehogs.
Forms of hedgehog
| Singular | hedgehog /ˈhɛd͡ʒ.hɒɡ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | hedgehogs |
| Countable | countable |
Hedgehogs in a sentence
- Many consumers are still unfamiliar with hedgehogs, and they have a relatively small commercial trade.1998, Randy Molina, David Pilz, Managing Forest Ecosystems to Conserve Fungus Diversity and Sustain Wild Mushroom Harvests
- Hedgehogs and bears are two of the many mammals that hibernate in winter.From the entry hibernate
- Hedgehogs are needled creatures, just like porcupines.From the entry needled
- If you get your hands on several of these cuties, you've got yourself an "array of hedgehogs."2015 December 9, “Cute alert: Arizona officials make pet hedgehogs legal”, in Arizona Republic, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2026. From the entry array
- The several species of small mammals found at Tagay, such as dormice, talpids and hedgehogs, show close affinities to European taxa.2016 November 16, Hanneke Meijer, “Sunny steppes? A tiny parrot fossil suggests Siberia was once subtropical”, in The Guardian. From the entry talpid
Meaning of hedgehog
- noun 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.
- noun Any of several spiny mammals, such as the porcupine, that are similar to the hedgehog.
- noun 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.
Questions about the plural of hedgehog
- What is the plural of hedgehog?
- The plural of hedgehog is hedgehogs.
- Is hedgehog countable?
- Hedgehog is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hedgehog (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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