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ἰχνεύμων

ἰχνεύμων, tracker

ἰχν-εύμων, ονος, ὁ,
  • tracker: hence,
      • 1 an Egyptian animal of the weasel-kind, which hunts out crocodileʼs eggs (aspʼs eggs, Ael. NA 6.38), Herpestes ichneumon, Arist. HA 612a16, Eub. 107.12, Nic. Th. 190, Plu. Sollert. 2.966d, PLond. 3.904 (ii A.D.); cf. ἰχνευτής II.
      • 2 a small kind of wasp, that hunts spiders, Pelopaeus spirifex, Arist. HA 552b26, 609a5, cf. Plin. HN 10.204.
      • 3 a bird, Ant.Lib. 14.

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