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Definition of Ichneumons
1. ichneumon [n] - See also: ichneumon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ichneumons
Literary usage of Ichneumons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Universe: Or, The Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little by Félix-Archimède Pouchet (1884)
"Caterpillar devoured by the Lame of ichneumons, and Caterpillar covered with ...
Some ichneumons, or vibrating flies, are much more rapacious and bold. ..."
2. Mediæval Preachers and Mediæval Preaching: A Series of Extracts, Translated by John Mason Neale (1856)
"THE APOSTLES ARE COMPARED TO ichneumons. THERE is a certain little serpent which
rolls itself in the mud, and thus enters the mouth of the sleeping ..."
3. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"The ichneumons proceeding from these are the species called by Linnaeus ...
Some ichneumons are of a very considerable size, and the females of these select ..."
4. An Introduction to Entomology: Or, Elements of the Natural History of by William Kirby, William Spence (1846)
"J Not less admirable is the parental instinct of that vast tribe of insects
already introduced to you by the name of ichneumons, whose young are destined to ..."
5. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1887)
"... has very kindly given me one of these very rare ichneumons.—JB BRIDGMAN ;
Norwich. ... ichneumons ..."
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