Rabbit vs Hedgehog - What's the difference?
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A mammal of the family Leporidae , with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
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*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
A runner in a distance race whose goal is mainly to set the pace, either to tire a specific rival so that a teammate can win or to help another break a record; a pacesetter.
(lb) A very poor batsman; selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.
(lb) A large element at the beginning of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to be quickly swapped into its correct position. Compare turtle.
To hunt rabbits.
(US) To flee.
(British) To talk incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble annoyingly.
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.
As nouns the difference between rabbit and hedgehog
is that rabbit is a mammal of the family leporidae , with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail while 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.As a verb rabbit
is to hunt rabbits or rabbit can be (british|intransitive) to talk incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble annoyingly.rabbit
English
(wikipedia rabbit) (Leporidae)Etymology 1
From (etyl) rabet, from (etyl) dialect (compare (etyl) dialect rabbotte, . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
(animal) * bunny (hypocoristic'', ''colloquial'', ''pet name ) * bunny rabbit (hypocoristic'', ''colloquial'', ''pet name ) * coney, cony (dialect )Derived terms
* breed like rabbits * bunny rabbit * fuck like rabbits * jackrabbit * kill the rabbit * pull a rabbit out of the hat * rabbit's foot * rabbity * the rabbit died * Welsh rabbitVerb
- ''The informant seemed skittish, as if he was about to rabbit .
Synonyms
* (to flee): run off, scamper, boltSee also
* buck * cottontail * doe * hare * kitten * warren * (wikipedia)Etymology 2
From Cockney rhyming slang rabbit and pork , to talk.Verb
- Stop your infernal rabbiting ! Use proper words or nobody will listen to you!
- Commonly used in the form "to rabbit on"
Synonyms
* (to talk incessantly and childishly): babble, blather, prattle, ,See also
* chew the fat * chew the cud (British) * shoot the breeze (US)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 .
page 199,
- 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)
page 520,
- 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)
