ichneumon : Idioms & Phrases

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herpestes ichneumon

  • noun northern African mongoose; in ancient times thought to devour crocodile eggs
    ichneumon.
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Ichneumon fly

  • noun hymenopterous insect that resembles a wasp and whose larvae are parasitic on caterpillars and other insect larvae
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  • . See Ichneumon, 2.
Webster 1913