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sea hedgehog

sea hedgehog noun: a sea urchin.

Noun

sea hedgehog (plural sea hedgehogs)

  1. (archaic) A sea urchin.
    • Cuttle-fish, spiced oysters, sea hedge-hogs, and lobsters were among the ingredients of love-potions that reputed thaumaturgist Apuleius [...] was accused of have prepared in order to win the love of a widow.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 72
  2. (archaic) A blowfish or globefish.

Forms of sea hedgehog

pluralsea hedgehogs

Questions about sea hedgehog

What does sea hedgehog mean?
Sea hedgehog means a sea urchin.
What part of speech is sea hedgehog?
Sea hedgehog is a noun.
What is the plural of sea hedgehog?
The plural of sea hedgehog is sea hedgehogs.

Words near sea hedgehog in the dictionary

  1. sea hares
  2. sea heart
  3. sea hearts
  4. sea heath
  5. sea heaths
  6. sea hedgehog
  7. sea hedgehogs
  8. sea hen
  9. sea hens
  10. sea hibiscus
  11. sea hibiscuses

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