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Headword:
Choirogrullios
Adler number: chi,598
Translated headword: coney, hyrax
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning a] porcupine, hedgehog.[1]
That is, a terrestrial hedgehog.[2]
Greek Original:Choirogrullios: hustrix, akanthochoiros. toutestin echinos chersaios.
Notes:
[1] So also
Synagoge chi93, but incorrectly. The coney or hyrax is quite a different mammal from either the porcupine or the hedgehog. For the
u(/stric ('porcupine') see
upsilon 692.
[2] cf.
epsilon 4011; as distinguished from the sea-urchin,
epsilon 4010. See also
Hesychius chi596 and chi1095.
Keywords: definition; geography; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 4 April 2008@08:34:24.
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