ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷sēəs, -sh(ē)əs noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, hedgehog
: a genus (the type of the family Erinaceidae) of Old World spiny-coated mammals consisting of the true hedgehogs
ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷sēəs, -sh(ē)əs noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, hedgehog
: a genus (the type of the family Erinaceidae) of Old World spiny-coated mammals consisting of the true hedgehogs
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012