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Ichneumon vs Vansire - What's the difference?

ichneumon | vansire |

As nouns the difference between ichneumon and vansire

is that ichneumon is the (egyptian mongoose), , found in africa and southern europe while vansire is (zoology) an ichneumon, herpestes galera , native to africa and madagascar it is reddish brown or dark brown, grizzled with white.

ichneumon

English

(Egyptian mongoose) (Ichneumon wasp)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The (Egyptian mongoose), , found in Africa and southern Europe.
  • *, II.12:
  • *:when the Ichneumon is to grapple with the Crocodile, he walloweth his body in the mire, then lets the same drie and harden upon him.
  • The ichneumon wasp.
  • *1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 43:
  • *:Ada's unique Lorelei Underwing had died, paralyzed by some ichneumon that had not been deceived by those clever prominences and fungoid smudges.
  • vansire

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) An ichneumon, Herpestes galera , native to Africa and Madagascar. It is reddish brown or dark brown, grizzled with white.
  • Synonyms

    * vondsira (Webster 1913)