Ericius

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ericius \E*ri"ci*us\, n. [L., a hedgehog.]
     The Vulgate rendering of the Hebrew word qip[=o]d, which in
     the "Authorized Version" is translated bittern, and in the
     Revised Version, porcupine.
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           I will make it [Babylon] a possession for the ericius
           and pools of waters.                     --Is. xiv. 23
                                                    (Douay
                                                    version).
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