ichneumon
ichneumon
Definition
ich·neu·mon (ik no̵̅o̅′mən, -nyo̵̅o̅′-)
noun
- the Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon)
- ichneumon fly
Etymology: L < Gr ichneumōn, ichneumon, lit., tracker < ichneuein, to track out, hunt after < ichnos, a track, footprint (from its supposed practice of locating and destroying crocodile eggs)
ichneumon
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
Browse dictionary entries near ichneumon
- Ichinomiya
- Ichikawa
- Ichabod
- ICFTU
- Iceni
- iceman
- Icelandic
- Iceland spar
- Iceland poppy
- Iceland moss
- ichneumon fly
- ichnite
- ichno-
- ichnography
- ichnology
- ichor
- ichthyic
- ichthyo-
- ichthyoid
- ichthyolite
