Hedgehog vs Parrot - What's the difference?
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A small mammal, of the subfamily Erinaceinae, characterized by its spiny back and by its habit of rolling itself into a ball when attacked.
A type of moveable military barricade made from crossed logs or steel bars, laced with barbed wire, used to damage or impede tanks and vehicles; Czech hedgehog.
The nickname for 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.
(Australia) A type of chocolate cake (or slice), somewhat similar to an American brownie.
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A form of dredging machine.
* 1868 , "Dredging," article in Charles Tomlinson (editor), Cyclopædia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering , Volume 1,
The flowering plant , the pods of which are armed with short spines.
A kind of bird, many species of which are colourful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.
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A parroter; a person who repeats what was just said.
* 1837 , ,
(archaic) A puffin.
(geology, obsolete) Channel coal.
To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot.
* 1996 , (15 June)
As nouns the difference between hedgehog and parrot
is that hedgehog is a small mammal, of the subfamily erinaceinae, characterized by its spiny back and by its habit of rolling itself into a ball when attacked while parrot is a kind of bird, many species of which are colourful and able to mimic human speech, of the order psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family psittacidae.As a verb parrot is
to repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot.hedgehog
English
(wikipedia hedgehog)Noun
(en noun)page 145,
- There are hedgehogs with sultanas as well as breadcrumbs, carrot cakes and fruitcakes and banana walnut loaves.
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- I am so flustered that I order a vanilla slice instead of hedgehog .
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- His wife had made a hedgehog cake and he offered some but Murphy refused – his mouth was so dry with terror he couldn?t swallow.
- (Knight)
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- The first machines merely loosened, but did not raise the stuff, a scouring being afterwards effected by means of sluices. These machines consisted of large bars or prongs placed vertically in a frame, and being fastened to a barge placed in the line of the sluices, the whole was inpelled forward by the current, thereby scouring the bed. Such a machine, called a hedgehog , is still used in Lincolnshire.
- (Loudon)
Synonyms
* (mammal with spines) urchin (archaic), furze-pig (West Country), hedgepig (UK), Erinaceus europaeus * (Medicago intertexta)Coordinate terms
* (mammal with spines) gymnureDerived terms
* Czech hedgehog * hedgehog signalling pathway * sonic hedgehogSee also
* echidna * porcupine * erinaceousparrot
English
(wikipedia parrot)Noun
(en noun)- I bought a wonderful parrot at the pet store.
- Mrs Merdle was at home, and was in her nest of crimson and gold, with the parrot' on a neighbouring stem watching her with his head on one side, as if he took her for another splendid ' parrot of a larger species.
- What kind of a parrot are you? He just said that.
- In this distribution of functions, the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state, he is, Man Thinking . In the degenerate state, when the victim of society, he tends to become a mere thinker, or, still worse, the parrot of other men’s thinking.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "parrot")Synonyms
* (kind of bird) popinjay, Psittaciformes * (person who repeats what was said) copycat, mimic, parroter * (puffin) puffin, sea-parrot, tomnoddy * (channel coal) channel coalHyponyms
* (kind of bird) (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), (l)Derived terms
* blood parrot * blood parrotfish * burrowing parrot * parrot's beak orchid * parrot's bill * parrot-billed sparrow * parrot bush * parrot-coal * parrot crossbill * parrot cry * parrot disease * parrot feather * parrot fever * parrot flower * parrot green * parrot lily * parrot pitcher plant * parrot snake * parrot toadstool * parrot waxcap * parrot weed * parrotbill * parrotfinch * parrotfish * parrothouse * parrotlet * parroty * sea-parrotSee also
* Polly * popinjay * * who's a pretty boy thenVerb
- So when political leaders parrot the tobacco company line, say cigarettes are not necessarily addictive, and oppose our efforts to keep tobacco away from our children, they continue to cater to powerful interests, but they're not standing up for parents and children.