أَنْقَدُ
1.
The hedge-hog;
القُنْفُذُ; (S, L, K;) a proper name, like أَسَامَةُ applied to the lion: (S:) as also الأَنْقَدُ; (K;) but some disallow the prefixing of the article; (TA;) and الأَنْقَذُ. (L.) Hence the saying, بَاتَ بِلَيْلِ أَنْقَدَ, (S, L,) or بِلَيْلَةِ أَنْقَدَ, (A, L,) He passed the night of the hedge-hog; i. e. sleepless: (L:) because the hedge-hog remains sleepless (and sees, L) all night: (S, L, K:) and أَسْرَى مِنْ أَنْقَدَ [A greater journeyer by night than the hedge-hog]. (A, L.)
2.
أَنْقَدُ لَيْلٍ
A calumniator; a slanderer; as also قُنْفُذُ لَيْلٍ. (L, article قنفذ.)
3.
Also, الأَنْقَدُ [L, K,) and
الإِنْقِدَانُ (K) The tortoise: (L, K:) or the latter, the male tortoise: (Lth:) as also with ذ. (TA.)