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Definition of Herpestes ichneumon
1. Noun. Northern African mongoose; in ancient times thought to devour crocodile eggs.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Herpestes Ichneumon
Literary usage of Herpestes ichneumon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate Mammalia in the by John Edward Gray (1869)
"herpestes ichneumon. BM Grey, hairs largely ringed ; head and middle of the back
darker ; legs reddish; feet and end of tail black, with a long flaccid ..."
2. The Fur Traders and Fur Bearing Animals by Marcus Petersen (1914)
"Ichneumon (Herpestes-ichneumon). This is an Egyptian animal which hunts out
crocodile eggs, and is also known as the Tracker because like all the ..."
3. List of the Osteological Specimens in the Collection of the British Museum by British Museum (Natural History), John Edward Gray, Dept. of Zoology, George Robert Gray (1847)
"herpestes ichneumon. * Skull. North Africa. Skull. The BROWN ICHNEUMON.
Herpestes paludosus. Skull. Cape of Good Hope. SURICATA, Desm. The ZENICK. ..."
4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"... or Pharaoh's rat' (herpestes ichneumon). ICHNEUMON-FLY. An insect of a group
of parasitic Hymenoptera, forming the family ..."
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