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Ericius

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E`ri´ci`us
n.1.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).


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Urchin is from Middle English urchone, itself from Old French erichon (the modern form is herisson), all three words meaning 'hedgehog' and derived from Latin ericius 'spiny like a hedgehog,' which is in turn from Latin (h)er 'hedgehog.
 
 
 
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