mongoose — egiptinė mangusta statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Herpestes ichneumon angl. African mongoose; Egyptian mongoose; ichneumon; ichneumon mongoose; mongoose vok. eigentlicher Ichneumon; europäische… … Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas
ichneumon — egiptinė mangusta statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Herpestes ichneumon angl. African mongoose; Egyptian mongoose; ichneumon; ichneumon mongoose; mongoose vok. eigentlicher Ichneumon; europäische… … Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas
mongoose — Ichneumon Ich*neu mon, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, lit., the tracker; so called because it hunts out the eggs of the crocodile, fr. ? to track or hunt after, fr. i chnos track, footstep.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any carnivorous mammal of the genus {Herpestes}, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ichneumon — [ik no͞o′mən, iknyo͞o′mən] n. [L < Gr ichneumōn, ichneumon, lit., tracker < ichneuein, to track out, hunt after < ichnos, a track, footprint (from its supposed practice of locating and destroying crocodile eggs)] 1. the Egyptian mongoose … English World dictionary
Ichneumon — Ich*neu mon, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, lit., the tracker; so called because it hunts out the eggs of the crocodile, fr. ? to track or hunt after, fr. i chnos track, footstep.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any carnivorous mammal of the genus {Herpestes}, and family… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ichneumon fly — Ichneumon Ich*neu mon, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, lit., the tracker; so called because it hunts out the eggs of the crocodile, fr. ? to track or hunt after, fr. i chnos track, footstep.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any carnivorous mammal of the genus {Herpestes}, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ichneumon — can mean: *The ichneumon wasps *The Egyptian Mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon *A supposed animal described in medieval writings: see Ichneumon (In medieval zoology) … Wikipedia
Mongoose — Mon goose, Mongoos Mon goos, n.; pl. {Mongooses} 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A species of ichneumon ({Herpestes griseus}), native of India. Applied also to other allied species, as the African banded mongoose ({Crossarchus fasciatus}). [Written also {mungoose} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mongoose — (n.) snake killing ichneumon of India, 1690s, perhaps via Portuguese, from an Indic language (Cf. Mahrathi mangus mongoose ), probably ultimately from Dravidian (Cf. Telugu mangisu, Kanarese mungisi, Tamil mangus). The form of the English word… … Etymology dictionary
ichneumon — ► NOUN 1) a slender parasitic wasp which deposits its eggs in or on the larvae of other insects. 2) the Egyptian mongoose. ORIGIN Greek ikhneum n tracker … English terms dictionary
