ichneumon

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The Indian ichneumon, a small creature in appearance between the weasel and the mangoose, is of infinite use to the natives from its inveterate enmity to snakes, which would otherwise render every footstep of the traveller dangerous.

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  1. noun A large mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) of Africa and southern Europe, having a gray coat and black tail tufts. Also called Egyptian mongoose.
  2. noun The ichneumon fly.

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  1. Latin ichneumōn, weasel, ichneumon fly, from Greek ikhneumōn, from ikhneuein, to track, from ikhnos, track.

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  1. from Latin ichneumon, from Greek ἰχνεύμων, an Egyptian animal which hunts out crocodiles’ eggs, the ichneumon, Pharaoh's rat, literally the ‘tracker’ (cf. ῎χνευμα, a track), from ἰχνεύειν, track or trace out, hunt after, from ῎χνος, a track or footstep.
 

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