Ichneumon
31ICHNEUMON — s. m. (On prononce Ikneu. ) Quadrupède de la taille d un chat et de la forme d une martre, que les Égyptiens révéraient parce qu il détruit les serpents et les jeunes crocodiles. L ichneumon se nomme aussi Rat de Pharaon, et Mangouste. Il se… …
32Ichneumon — Ich|neu|mon 〈n. od. m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: e od. s; Zool.〉 Schleichkatze von 65 cm Körperlänge, frisst Schlangen u. Ratten, bei den alten Ägyptern heilig: Herpetes ichneumon [Etym.: <grch. ichneuein »spüren«; zu ichnos »Spur«] …
33ichneumon — m IV, DB. a, Ms. ichneumonnie; lm M. y 1. zool. «Herpestes ichneumon, ssak drapieżny z rodziny łasz, o ciele wydłużonym, nogach krótkich z silnymi, niewysuwalnymi pazurami, żyjący w północnej Afryce i Azji Mniejszej; bywa hodowany jako tępiciel… …
34ichneumon — n. mongoose, especially Egyptian species believed to suck crocodiles eggs. ♦ ichneumon fly, fly whose larva parasitizes other insect s larva. ♦ ichneumous, a. parasitic …
35Ichneumon promissorius — Ichneumon promissorius …
36Ichneumon eumerus — Systematik Klasse: Insekten (Insecta) Ordnung: Hautflügler (Hymenoptera) Unterordnung: Taillenwespen (Apocrita) Familie …
37Ichneumon fly — Ichneumon Ich*neu mon, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, lit., the tracker; so called because it hunts out the eggs of the crocodile, fr. ? to track or hunt after, fr. i chnos track, footstep.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any carnivorous mammal of the genus {Herpestes}, and… …
38ichneumon fly — n. any of a large family (Ichneumonidae) of hymenopteran insects whose larvae live as parasites in or on other insect larvae: also ichneumon wasp …
39 Ichneumon promissorius — Ichneumon promissorius …
40Ichneumon (In medieval zoology) — In medieval literature, the ichneumon or echinemon was the enemy of the dragon. When it sees a dragon, the ichneumon covers itself with mud, and closing its nostrils with its tail, attacks and kills the dragon. The ichneumon was also considered… …
