Definition of Herpestes ichneumon

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

Exact synonyms: Ichneumon
Generic synonyms: Mongoose

Lexicographical Neighbors of Herpestes Ichneumon

Herndon
Herne
Hero
Hero of Alexandria
Herod
Herod the Great
Herodian
Herodians
Herodotean
Herodotus
Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza
Heron's formula
Herostratic fame
Herpestes
Herpestes ichneumon
Herpestes nyula
Herpetoviridae
Herrenvolk
Herrick
Herrickian
Herring bodies
Herriot
Herrmann's syndrome
Herrnhuter
Herrnhuters
Hers' disease
Hers disease

Literary usage of Herpestes ichneumon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate Mammalia in the by John Edward Gray (1869)
"herpestes ichneumon. BM Grey, hairs largely ringed ; head and middle of the back darker ; legs reddish; feet and end of tail black, with a long flaccid ..."

2. The Fur Traders and Fur Bearing Animals by Marcus Petersen (1914)
"Ichneumon (Herpestes-ichneumon). This is an Egyptian animal which hunts out crocodile eggs, and is also known as the Tracker because like all the ..."

3. List of the Osteological Specimens in the Collection of the British Museum by British Museum (Natural History), John Edward Gray, Dept. of Zoology, George Robert Gray (1847)
"herpestes ichneumon. * Skull. North Africa. Skull. The BROWN ICHNEUMON. Herpestes paludosus. Skull. Cape of Good Hope. SURICATA, Desm. The ZENICK. ..."

4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"... or Pharaoh's rat' (herpestes ichneumon). ICHNEUMON-FLY. An insect of a group of parasitic Hymenoptera, forming the family ..."

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