Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An insect of the hymenopterous family Ichneumonidæ.
- Of or belonging to this family.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
wasp of the superfamily Ichneumonoidea
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Nick Matzke has unearthed a treasure: an article from the Interdisciplinary Bible Research Institute that uses "Intelligent Design theory" to explain such phenomena as parasitic ichneumonid wasps and the panda's thumb.
Finally, someone proposes an ID model - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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