\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).