1. hedgehog - Noun
2. hedgehog - Verb
A small European insectivore (Erinaceus Europaeus), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly upon insects.
The Canadian porcupine.
A species of Medicago (M. intertexta), the pods of which are armed with short spines; -- popularly so called.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHe lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way, Tormenting himself with his prickles. Thomas Hood
The fox knows many tricks; the hedgehog one good one. Archilochus
A hedgehog? And just how does a hedgehog make love?" he demanded. No, I thought. I won't. I will not. But I did. "Very carefully," I replied, giggling helplessly. So now we know just how old that one is, I thought. Diana Gabaldon
He had about the same life expectancy as a three legged hedgehog on a six lane motorway. Terry Pratchett
Some persons think that they have to look like a hedgehog to be pious. Billy Sunday
The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all. Ralph Waldo Emerson