Word Meanings - URCHIN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A hedgehog. (more info) eriçon, heri, herichon, F. hérisson, a derivative fr. L. ericius,

DERIVATIVE
Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative word. Derivative circulation, a modification of the circulation found
HEDGEHOG
A small European insectivore , 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.
ERICIUS
The Vulgate rendering of the Hebrew word qipod, which in the "Authorized Version" is translated bittern, and in the Revised Version, porcupine. I will make it a possession for the ericius and pools of waters. Is. xiv. 23 .
SEA HEDGEHOG
A sea urchin.
HERISSON
A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot; - - used to block up a passage.
SUBDERIVATIVE
A word derived from a derivative, and not directly from the root; as, "friendliness" is a subderivative, being derived from "friendly", which is in turn a derivative from "friend."