Word: Ichneumon
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 15th century (in ichneumon (sense 2)): via Latin from Greek ikhneumōn ‘tracker’, from ikhneuein ‘to track’, from ikhnos ‘track, footstep’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪkˈnjuːmən
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a slender parasitic wasp with long antennae, which deposits its eggs in, on, or near the larvae of other insects.
Short Definition:slender parasitic wasp with long antennae, which deposits its eggs in, on, or near larvae of other insects
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