ichneumon-comb. form
combining form of ichneumon n. (in sense 2).
ichneumonid n.
Brit. 
/ɪkˈnjuːmənɪd/
, /ɪkˈnjuːmənɪd/U.S. /ɪkˈn(j)umənᵻd/
= ichneumonidan adj. and n./ɪkˈn(j)umənᵻd/ ichneumonidan adj. and n.
Brit. /ˌɪknjᵿˈmɒnᵻd(ə)n/
, /ˌɪknjᵿˈmɒnᵻd(ə)n/U.S. /ˌɪkn(j)uˈmɑnəd(ə)n/
(a) adj. pertaining to the family Ichneumonidæ of hymenopterous insects, typified by the ichneumon-flies; (b) n. an insect of this family./ˌɪkn(j)uˈmɑnəd(ə)n/ΚΠ
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xliv. 218 Ichneumonidan devourers are kept in check by other Ichneumonidan devourers.
1843 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (ed. 6) I. ix. 226 Such is the activity and address of the Ichneumonidans.
ichneumonideous adj.
Brit. /ɪkˌnjuːməˈnɪdɪəs/
, /ɪkˌnjuːməˈnɪdɪəs/U.S. /ɪkˌn(j)uməˈnɪdiəs/
= ichneumonidan adj. and n./ɪkˌn(j)uməˈnɪdiəs/ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [adjective] > belonging to division Petiolata > relating to family Ichneumonidae
ichneumonidian1852
ichneumonideous1865
1865 Reader No. 119. 406/1 A dipterous or ichneumonideous insect.
ichneumonidian adj.
Brit. /ɪkˌnjuːməˈnɪdɪən/
, /ɪkˌnjuːməˈnɪdɪən/U.S. /ɪkˌn(j)uməˈnɪdiən/
= ichneumonidan adj. and n./ɪkˌn(j)uməˈnɪdiən/ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [adjective] > belonging to division Petiolata > relating to family Ichneumonidae
ichneumonidian1852
ichneumonideous1865
1852 T. Thompson Ann. Influenza 389 The Cecidomyia of wheat would produce a famine, but for the ichneumonidian parasites.
ichneumoniform adj.
Brit. /ˌɪknjᵿˈmɒnᵻfɔːm/
, /ˌɪknjᵿˈmɒnᵻfɔːm/U.S. /ˌɪkn(j)uˈmɑnəˌfɔrm/
having the form or characters of an ichneumon-fly (R. G. Mayne Expos. Lex. Med. Sci. 1855)./ˌɪkn(j)uˈmɑnəˌfɔrm/ ichneumonize v.
Brit. /ɪkˈnjuːmənʌɪz/
, /ɪkˈnjuːmənʌɪz/U.S. /ɪkˈn(j)uməˌnaɪz/
(transitive) to infest, as the ichneumon-fly, the bodies of other insects./ɪkˈn(j)uməˌnaɪz/ΚΠ
1842 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 3 i. 37 I offered a conjecture, that those larvæ which entered the ground had been ‘ichneumonized’, whilst those which remained encased and in the ears would be found uninjured.
ichˈneumonoid adj. and n.
Brit. /ɪkˈnjuːmənɔɪd/
, /ɪkˈnjuːmənɔɪd/U.S. /ɪkˈn(j)uməˌnɔɪd/
= ichneumonidan adj. and n./ɪkˈn(j)uməˌnɔɪd/ ichneumoˈnology n.
Brit. /ɪkˌnjuːməˈnɒlədʒi/
, /ɪkˌnjuːməˈnɒlədʒi/U.S. /ɪkˌn(j)uməˈnɑlədʒi/
the natural history of ichneumon-flies ( Cent. Dict.)./ɪkˌn(j)uməˈnɑlədʒi/This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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