Usually means: Parasitic wasp, preys on insects.
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  1. ichneumous: Wordnik
  2. ichneumous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  3. ichneumous: Wiktionary

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▸ adjective:  Relating to ichneumon wasps.

Similar:
ichnological, ichnogenetic, ichnolitic, ichnologic, ichnomorphological, neoichnological, helminthous, ichnographic, nemathecial, Ichkerian, more...

Opposite:
non-ichneumous, acritarch, amorphous, formless

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Similar:
ichnological, ichnogenetic, ichnolitic, ichnologic, ichnomorphological, neoichnological, helminthous, ichnographic, nemathecial, Ichkerian, more...

Opposite:
non-ichneumous, acritarch, amorphous, formless



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