ἰχνεύμων

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Literally, "the tracer", from ἰχνεύω (ikhneúō, to trace) +‎ -μων (-mōn).

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Noun

ἰχνεύμων (ikhneúmōnm (genitive ἰχνεύμονος); third declension

  1. an Egyptian animal of the weasel-kind, which hunts out crocodile's eggs (asp's eggs), ichneumon, Herpestes ichneumon
  2. a small kind of wasp, that hunts spiders, Sceliphron spirifex

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