المُدْلِجُ

(K) and أَبُو المُدْلِJ (A, K) The hedgehog; synonym القُنْفُذُ: (A, K:) so called because he goes about all the night: (TA:) or not because he does so in the first part of the night, or in the middle, or in the latter part, or during the whole of it; but because he appears at night at any time when he wants herbage or water &c. (IDrst, TA.)