ichneumon

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) An Egyptian mongoose, found in Africa and southern Europe.
 * 2) An ichneumon wasp.
 * 3)  a legendary animal, which kills crocodiles and dragons
 * 1) An ichneumon wasp.
 * 2)  a legendary animal, which kills crocodiles and dragons
 * 1)  a legendary animal, which kills crocodiles and dragons

Translations

 * Akan:
 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: نمس
 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian: ինքնիմոն
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 埃及獴
 * Dutch: ichneumon
 * Egyptian:
 * Finnish: egyptinmungo, faaraorotta
 * Georgian:
 * Old Georgian: იქნამონი, გუელის-მბრძოლი
 * German: Ichneumon
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἰχνεύμων
 * Latin: ichneumon
 * Old English: nǣderbita
 * Portuguese: saca-rabos
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, фарао́нова кры́са, еги́петский мангу́ст
 * Sanskrit:
 * Spanish: meloncillo
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Telugu:
 * Welsh: llygoden Ffaro, llygoden Ffrengig yr Aifft, ichnewmon

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) Egyptian mongoose,
 * 2) * ...deinde internecivum bellum cum ichneumone. ...and in the next place she has given it war to the death with the ichneumon.
 * Pliny the Elder, Natural History, VIII.35
 * 1) ichneumon wasp, ichneumon fly
 * 2) * ...mustela et cornix, turtur et pyrallis, ichneumones vespae et phalangia aranei... ...the weasel and the crow, the turtle-dove and the pyrallis, ichneumon-flies and spiders...
 * Pliny the Elder, Natural History, X.95
 * 1)  a legendary animal, which kills crocodiles