herodius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

hĕrōdĭus, ĭi, and hĕrōdio, ōnis, m.,

an unknown bird , perhaps the stork , Vulg. Deut. 14, 16 (transl. of the Hebr., in the Engl. transl. the little owl), id. Lev. 11, 17.