Egyptian mongoose [Herpestes ichneumon]

Egyptian mongoose [Herpestes ichneumon]
faraorotte {fk}

noun


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  • Herpestes ichneumon — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • ichneumon — [ik no͞o′mən, iknyo͞o′mən] n. [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)] 1. the Egyptian mongoose …   English World dictionary

  • Ichneumon — can mean: *The ichneumon wasps *The Egyptian Mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon *A supposed animal described in medieval writings: see Ichneumon (In medieval zoology) …   Wikipedia

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  • Herpestes — Herpestis, a plant genus, is sometimes misspelled Herpestes . Taxobox name = Herpestes regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Carnivora familia = Herpestidae genus = Herpestes genus authority = subdivision ranks = Species… …   Wikipedia

  • ichneumon — noun /ɪkˈnjuːmən/ a) The Egyptian mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon, found in Africa and southern Europe. Adas unique Lorelei Underwing had died, paralyzed by some ichneumon that had not been deceived by those clever prominences and fungoid smudges.… …   Wiktionary

  • ichneumon — [ɪk nju:mən] noun 1》 (also ichneumon wasp or ichneumon fly) a slender parasitic wasp with long antennae, which deposits its eggs in or on the larvae of other insects. [Family Ichneumonidae: many species.] 2》 the Egyptian mongoose. [Herpestes… …   English new terms dictionary

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