Ichneumon definition of Ichneumon in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

ichneumon: see mongoose mongoose, name for a large number of small, carnivorous, terrestrial Old World mammals of the civet family. They are found in S Asia and in Africa, with one species extending into S Spain.
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ichneumon

a mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon, of Africa and S Europe, having greyish-brown speckled fur

ichneumon [ik′nü·mən]

(invertebrate zoology)

The common name for members of the family Ichneumonidae.

Ichneumon

(Herpestes ichneumon), also African mongoose, a predatory mammal of the genus Herpestes of the family Viverridae. The body length measures up to 65 cm, and the tail length up to 50 cm. The fur is brownish gray. The tail is covered with long hairs.

The ichneumon is distributed in North Africa, Asia Minor, and southwestern Europe (Iberian Peninsula); it has become acclimatized in Yugoslavia, in Italy, and on the island of Madagascar. It lives in thickets, sometimes near human habitation. A nocturnal animal, it feeds on small rodents, birds, snakes, and insects. It is beneficial for its extermination of snakes, but, contrary to popular belief, it is susceptible to their venom. The ichneumon sometimes destroys poultry.

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But natural selection can and does often produce structures for the direct injury of other species, as we see in the fang of the adder, and in the ovipositor of the ichneumon, by which its eggs are deposited in the living bodies of other insects.

The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context

"Well, some call them that, and some call them ichneumon," said the man.

Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context

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