Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - ichneumon
Ichneumon
ichneumon
n. 1 (in full ichneumon wasp) any small hymenopterous insect of the family Ichneumonidae, depositing eggs in or on the larva of another insect as food for its own larva. 2 a mongoose of N. Africa, Herpestes ichneumon, noted for destroying crocodile eggs. Etymology: L f. Gk ikhneumon spider-hunting wasp f. ikhneuo trace f. ikhnos footstep ICHNOGRAPHY n. (pl. -ies) 1 the ground-plan of a building, map of a region, etc. 2 a drawing of this. Etymology: F ichnographie or L ichnographia f. Gk ikhnographia f. ikhnos track: see -GRAPHY
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from Greek ichneumōn, literally, tracker, from ichneuein to track, from ichnos footprint Date: 15th century a mongoose (Herpestes ~) of Africa, southern Europe, and southwestern Asia, ~ wasp ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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