† cirogrillen.
Obsolete.
The Syrian hyrax or ‘coney’ of the Old Testament: see cherogril n.; taken by medieval writers to be the hedgehog, or the porcupine (see Du Cange).
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a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Lev. xi. 5 A cirogrille [a1425 E.V. vrchon; L. chrogryllus] which chewith code and departith not the clee is vnclene.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Deut. xiv. 7 A cirogrille [a1425 E.V. yrchun], that is a beeste ful of prickis, and is more than an irchoun.
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