ichneumon
/ɪkˈnjuːmən/noun
1
- （亦作ichneumon wasp 或ichneumon fly）a slender parasitic wasp with long antennae, which deposits its eggs in, on, or near the larvae of other insects姬蜂。
1.1
- Family Ichneumonidae, order Hymenoptera: numerous genera and species.姬蜂科, 膜翅目, 众多属, 众多种。
2
- another term for EGYPTIAN MONGOOSE.
词源
late 15th cent. (in sense 2)： via Latin from Greek ikhneumōn 'tracker', from ikhneuein 'to track', from ikhnos 'track, footstep'.