irenaceus

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

īrēnācĕus, i, m.,

a hedgehog (al. erinaceus, herinaceus), Plin. 8, 37, 56, § 133; 10, 63, 83, § 174; 30, 8, 21, § 65; 8, 35, 53, § 125.