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ὕστριξ

ὕστριξ, the porcupine

ὕστριξ, ῐχος (but in Opp. C. 3.391 ὑστρίγγων, from ὕστριγξ) ὁ and ἡ,
  • porcupine, Hystrix cristata, Hdt. 4.192, Arist. HA 490b29, 579a29, 600a28, Ael. NA 1.31.
    • II in pl., something obtained from pigs, prob. bristles, Pl.Com. 28.
    • III ὕστριχας (acc. pl.) ἢ σίδηρον as instruments of punishment, prob. whips, the cat, Ph. ap. Eus. PE 8.14; cf. sq. [ὑστριχίς] 1.

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