hurcheon

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hurcheon

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A variant of urchin, from Middle English hirchoun (“hedgehog”), from Old French heriçon (“hedgehog”). Compare Scots hurcheon.

noun hurcheons

dialectal, obsolete A hedgehog. I saw the hurcheon and the hare In hidlings hirpling here and there,

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@misc{hurcheon_2026,
  title = {hurcheon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hurcheon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}