Meaning of hodmandod | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A snail.
   Essex, dialectal
2. A hedgehog.
   Norfolk, dialectal, obsolete

Examples

“But more the pity of the Gods / Extended toward these Hodmandods[.]”

“The Creatures that caſt their Skin are, the Snake, the Viper, the Grashopper, the Lizard, the Silk-worm, &c. Thoſe that caſt their Shell are, the Lobſter, the Crab, the Cra-fish, the Hodmandod or Dodman, the Tortoise, &c. The old Skins are found, but the old Shells never: So as it is like they ſcale off, and crumble away by degrees.”

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