ICHNEUMON
\ˈɪknjuːmən], \ˈɪknjuːmən], \ˈɪ_k_n_j_uː_m_ə_n]\
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By Princeton University
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A small carnivorous animal in Egypt, famed for destroying the crocodile's eggs: an insect which lays its eggs on the larvae of other insects.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald