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Ichneumon
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ichneumon
Translingual
thumb|Ichneumon xanthorius.
Etymology
mul wasp genus :bor la:ichneumōn<id:animal> 1
mul la ichneumōn ichneumon wasp, from mul grc ἰχνεύμων tracker.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɪk.nuˌmɑn/ US
Proper noun
1 m
genus family Ichneumonidae a large amount of ichneumonid wasps.
Hypernyms
genus ; Ichneumoninae subfamily - subfamily; Ichneumonini tribe - tribe.
Hyponyms
genus Ichneumon extensorius species (type species), among others. See full list at Wikispecies.
Derived terms
mul Ichneumonini Ichneumoninae Ichneumonidae Ichneumonoidea
Descendants
la Ichneumon 1
mul Hymenopterans
Latin
Etymology
la Ichneumōn wasp genus :bor mul:Ichneumon 1
la mul Ichneumon, itself a borrowing from la la ichneumon.
Pronunciation
Ichneumōn
Noun
Ichneumōn<3.both> m
la taxonomic name Any wasp of the genus Ichneumon genus.
la Caput I. Historia culturae Ichneumonidum. Ichneumonologia europaea. 1 1829 X Johann Ludwig Christian Carl Gravenhorst Quod attinet ad rationem vitae Ichneumonum, haec quidem, in summa rei, de speciebus multis jam nota est, plura vero adhuc desiderantur, ut illam penitus intelligamus: [...] As for the life cycle of Ichneumon-genus wasps, this is indeed, in essence, already known about many species, but more is still needed so that we can fully understand it: [...]
Declension
Ichneumōn<3.both>
la Hymenopterans