Usually means: Predatory wasp, parasitizes other insects.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. ichneumon: Merriam-Webster
  2. ichneumon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ichneumon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ichneumon: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ichneumon: Vocabulary.com
  6. Ichneumon, ichneumon: Wordnik
  7. ichneumon: Wiktionary
  8. ichneumon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. ichneumon: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. ichneumon: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Ichneumon, ichneumon: Dictionary.com
  12. ichneumon: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Ichneumon (In medieval zoology), Ichneumon (genus), Ichneumon (medieval zoology), Ichneumon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Ichneumon: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. ichneumon: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. ichneumon: Rhymezone
  17. Ichneumon: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. ichneumon: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. ichneumon: FreeDictionary.org
  20. ichneumon: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. ichneumon: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. Ichneumon: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Natural Magick (No longer online)

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  1. ichneumon: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. ichneumon: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ichneumon)

noun:  An Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon), found in Africa and southern Europe.
noun:  An ichneumon wasp.
noun:  (mythology) a legendary animal, which kills crocodiles and dragons

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