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Webster 1913 Edition
Ericius
E-ri′ci-us
,Noun.
[L., a hedgehog.]
The Vulgate rendering of the Hebrew word qipōd, which in the “Authorized Version” is translated
bittern
, and in the Revised Version, porcupine
. I will make it [Babylon] a possession for the
ericius
and pools of waters. Is. xiv. 23 (Douay version).