As a noun ichneumon
is the (
egyptian mongoose), , found in africa and southern europe.
As an acronym nems is
.
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.
Related terms
* ichnology
* ichnogram
* ichneumia
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nems English
Noun
(archaic) The ichneumon, or Egyptian mongoose.
( Webster 1913)
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