#hedgehog

• Agave stricta — A species of perennial succulent plant endemic to the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley in the Mexican states of Puebla and Oaxaca, belonging to the Asparagaceae family. It is recognized by its unique, extremely dense, and symmetrical spherical rosette, composed of hundreds of narrow, linear, rigid, and sharp light green or glaucous needle-like leaves. Unlike most species in its genus, this plant is partially polycarpic, meaning the rosette does not always die after flowering, but can continue to grow and branch, forming massive, rounded, cushion-like colonies.
• Aloe humilis — The scientific name of the dwarf aloe (or spider aloe), a small-sized species of succulent plant in the family Asphodelaceae, native to the Cape Province of South Africa. This structural ornamental plant forms dense, compact rosettes lacking an aerial stem, with triangular, erect-incurved bluish-green leaves completely covered on both sides with white tubercles and soft, fine spines, being highly popular as a houseplant due to its high resilience.
• Hedgehog (dialectal) — A rare regional or archaic variant used in certain local dialects to designate a hedgehog, a jagged technical object, or a skin condition in horses manifested by cracks in the hoof area.
• Hedgehog hunter — A regional or popular term used in certain local dialects to designate a hedgehog hunter or a nocturnal bird of prey that frequently feeds on small mammals covered in spines; in a figurative and archaic sense, the word described a craftsman or traveling merchant who made or sold coarse brushes, beaters, or wool-carding tools whose rigid structures recalled the spines of a hedgehog.
• Hedgehog — A small insectivorous mammal (Erinaceus europaeus) with a pointed snout and its back covered with long, rigid spines, which rolls into a ball when endangered as a structural self-defense mechanism. In a technical or military sense, the term denotes a defensive obstacle made of crossed beams (Czech hedgehog) used as an anti-tank barrier, an industrial part equipped with protruding teeth, or a stiff cylindrical brush used for cleaning chimneys.
• Female hedgehog — The female hedgehog; a female insectivorous mammal of the family Erinaceidae, with a body covered in spines, recognized for its solitary behavior and tendency to roll into a protective ball in case of danger.
• The hedgehog — The articulated form or a regional variant of the masculine noun 'arici'; a small insectivorous mammal with a body covered in sharp spines. In onomastics, it represents a graphic or archaic variant for the Romanian surname Arici.