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hedgehog
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hedge·hog
/ ˈhejˌhôg; ˈhejˌhäg/
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n.
a nocturnal insectivorous Old World mammal (family Erinaceidae) with a spiny coat and short legs, able to roll itself into a ball for defense. Its several species include the
common hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) of western and northern Europe.
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any other animal covered with spines, esp. a porcupine.
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Hedgehog Pathway Implicated in Human Pancreatic Carcinoma and other Cancers.
Business Wire; 9/15/2003; 700+ words
; ...Journal Nature Also Confirm Efficacy of Hedgehog Inhibitors in Blocking Tumor Growth...carcinoma, and abnormal expression of the Hedgehog signaling pathway. These reports also show that inhibition of the Hedgehog pathway is effective in blocking the...
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Hedgehog zoonoses.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...The article on hedgehog zoonoses (1...and European hedgehogs to humans but...infection from hedgehogs. However, the European hedgehog is considered...Behr M. Hedgehog zoonoses. Emerg...Diseases of hedgehogs. Vet Bull...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Hedgehogs suffer as weather takes its toll.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 10/20/2008; 700+ words
; ...years at the Wormit Hedgehog Care Centre in Fife...surge in sick baby hedgehogs - or hoglets - over...pesticides. IF you find a hedgehog wandering around during...a vet or reputable hedgehog shelter. Hedgehogs are nocturnal and usually...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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HEDGEHOG WILD
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 12/8/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...taught them what a hedgehog was." Three different species of hedgehogs are commonly found: The European hedgehog, a protected species...are fond of their hedgehogs and consider it good...garden. The Egyptian hedgehog, which has long...
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Hedgehog zoonoses.(Synopsis)(Exotic pets causes zoonotic agents)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...D.C., owning a hedgehog as a pet is illegal...CT171.html). Hedgehogs live in a variety...spines, making the hedgehog less palatable to...been reported in some hedgehog handlers (7), hedgehogs pose a risk for a...
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Hedgehog crisps were just too prickly a subject; Morag Cuddeford Jones looks past the eww factor to find a genuinely warm and cuddly organic offering in Hedgehog crisps. (That Was The Brand That Was).
Newspaper article from: Brand Strategy; 8/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...grown herbs, taking the name Hedgehog as a more palatable version...its original inspiration. Hedgehog Foods Ltd. was the brainstorm...didn't in fact come from Hedgehogs. A simple grammar change from `Hedgehog flavoured' to `Hedgehog...
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Hedgehog for lunch; Booming badgers are developing a liking for their spiky little rivals.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 9/22/2009; 700+ words
; ...they will eat hedgehogs when they are hungry enough. Hedgehog numbers are...really bad. 'Hedgehogs could be found...problem is the hedgehog has always been...Britain for hedgehogs. Fay Vass, of the British Hedgehog Preservation...
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"Hedgehog" signal distinguishes lethal from localized prostate tumors.
Newspaper article from: Cancer Weekly; 10/5/2004; 700+ words
; ...activity of a signaling pathway called Hedgehog - can predict which prostate cancers...surgery had detectable activity of the Hedgehog signaling pathway. In contrast, all...donated at patients' deaths, had Hedgehog activity, which was 10-100 times higher...
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 "Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK)")
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Hebrides hedgehogs cull called off in SNH u-turn
Newspaper article from: Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK); 2/21/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...that we have seen the last hedgehog killed, and that now we can...experience about relocating hedgehogs to SNH. The British Hedgehog Preservation Society also...was more humane as too many hedgehogs would suffer during the journey...
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Hedgehog pathway implicated in human pancreatic carcinoma and other cancers.
Newspaper article from: Angiogenesis Weekly; 10/17/2003; 700+ words
; ...carcinoma, and abnormal expression of the Hedgehog signaling pathway. These reports also show that inhibition of the Hedgehog pathway is effective in blocking the...cancer therapeutic partnership based on Hedgehog pathway inhibition with Genentech...
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Hedgehogs
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...Erinaceidae. The spiny hedgehogs are 13 species in...is the European hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus...If attacked, a hedgehog will fight quite...screaming in fury. Both hedgehogs and moonrats are...as the European hedgehog, normally breed...Except when mating, hedgehogs are solitary ...
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hedgehog
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
hedgehog Old World insectivorous...shrews. The spiny hedgehogs are found in Africa...midwinter. The name hedgehog describes the tendency...English fields. Hedgehogs are not related...erroneously called a hedgehog. The spines of hedgehogs differ from those...
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hedgehog fungus
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
hedgehog fungus See HYDNUM .
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Erinaceoidea
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Erinaceoidea ( hedgehogs , moon rats ; order Insectivora , suborder...its two subfamilies, Erinaceinae (hedgehogs) and Echinosoricinae (moon rats...insectivores, in the more advanced of which (hedgehogs) the hairs of the back are modified...
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Tenrecs
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...Tenrecs can resemble hedgehogs, moles, shrews, or...similar to that of hedgehog, while others have...shrew type, rat type, hedgehog type, mole type, jeroba...similar in appearance to hedgehogs, and belong to the...Vaguely resembling a hedgehog, it measures about...
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