单词 | ichneumon |
释义 | ichneumon /ik nooh"meuhn, -nyooh"-/, n. 1. Also called African mongoose. a slender, long-tailed mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon, inhabiting Africa and southern Europe, and believed by the ancient Egyptians to devour crocodile eggs. 2. See ichneumon fly. [1565-75; < L < Gk ichneúmon tracker, equiv. to ichneú(ein) to track (see ICHNO-) + -mon agent suffix] |
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