ichneumon - definizione. Che cos'è ichneumon
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Cosa (chi) è ichneumon - definizione


Ichneumon         
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Ichneumon (disambiguation); Ichneumon (wasp)
·noun Any hymenopterous insect of the family Ichneumonidae, of which several thousand species are known, belonging to numerous genera.
II. Ichneumon ·noun Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes, and family Viverridae. Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa. The Egyptian species(H. ichneumon), which ranges to Spain and Palestine, is noted for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as well as various snakes and lizards, and hence was considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians. The common species of India (H. griseus), known as the mongoose, has similar habits and is often domesticated. It is noted for killing the cobra.
ichneumon         
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Ichneumon (disambiguation); Ichneumon (wasp)
[?k'nju:m?n]
¦ 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 ichneumon.]
Origin
C15: via L. from Gk ikhneumon 'tracker', from ikhneuein 'to track'.
Ichneumon (medieval zoology)         
  • Egyptian mongoose, believed to be the ichneumon of medieval accounts.
ENEMY OF THE DRAGON IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
Ichneumon (In medieval zoology); Ecidemon
In medieval literature, the ichneumon or echinemon was the enemy of the dragon. When it sees a dragon, the ichneumon covers itself with mud, and closing its nostrils with its tail, attacks and kills the dragon.

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Ichneumon
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