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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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