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.
I will make it [Babylon] a possession for the ericius
and pools of waters. --Is. xiv. 23
(Douay
version).