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ichneumon

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9 lettersPronunciation /ɪkˈnjuːmən/Part of speech nounSorted cehimnnouStarts with IEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. northern African mongoose; in ancient times thought to devour crocodile eggs

Word origin

Learned borrowing from Latin ichneumōn, from Ancient Greek ἰχνεύμων (ikhneúmōn, “tracker”), from ἴχνος (íkhnos, “track, footstep”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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[…].
  • Ada's unique Lorelei Underwing had died, paralyzed by some ichneumon that had not been deceived by those clever prominences and fungoid smudges.

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