Once, and once only, the ichneumon marked him down. From Wordnik.com. ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference
The ichneumon fondly imagines that I am already occupied. From Wordnik.com. ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference
I'll only mention one special pet of the NMs, the ichneumon fly. From Wordnik.com. [The Songs of Distant Earth]
When catching a stinging ichneumon, the children pinched themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Darwin texts online - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Each is wriggling about like a snake in the presence of an ichneumon. From Wordnik.com. [Great Britain and the American Civil War] Reference
In the family history an ichneumon, an elephant, a monkey and an eland all figure. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
There are two species of spiders and a species of ichneumon fly that destroy them. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891] Reference
He was just a shade too light for nature, and the ichneumon has a pretty sense of colour. From Wordnik.com. ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference
There are several species of ichneumon which make thinnings among the caterpillars of the cabbage butterfly. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 339, November 8, 1828] Reference
The cat and the ichneumon bear as many young as the dog, and live on the same food; they live about six years. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
To be a withered leaf is my first line of defence; if the ichneumon buzzes nearer, I shift my ground and become a spider. From Wordnik.com. ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference
I could not ascertain whether the dam devours them, as reported, or whether the ichneumon has the same reputation here as in Egypt. From Wordnik.com. [Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa] Reference
Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon), which prefers areas with water and dense plant cover, can be found in scrubs bordering the cultivated plains. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests] Reference
The eagle and the snake are enemies, for the eagle lives on snakes; so are the ichneumon and the venom-spider, for the ichneumon preys upon the latter. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
In Europe it is preyed upon by minute ichneumon flies. From Wordnik.com. [Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses] Reference
The chrysalis discloses, not a butterfly, but an ichneumon. From Wordnik.com. [The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals] Reference
The ichneumon may be seen busily searching the bushes for her victim. From Wordnik.com. [The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals] Reference
"Oh, that plant that the ichneumon resorts to when bitten," exclaimed. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Own] Reference
"Well, some call them that, and some call them ichneumon," said the man. From Wordnik.com. [The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes] Reference
This deciduous stage of the ichneumon may accordingly be termed the prelarval stage. From Wordnik.com. [Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses] Reference
The ichneumon larva then makes its way out of the caterpillar, and spins itself a small cocoon like. From Wordnik.com. [The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes] Reference
It is a pretty little animal, a species of ichneumon with catlike habits and a very prying disposition. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Vallery or, How to Overcome Evil with Good] Reference
The Egyptians suppose that when this serpent forms ring round the Ibn 'Irs (weasel or ichneumon) the latter emits. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
He was well provided with the same plant used by the ichneumon, which he swallowed plentifully, and also rubbed on the wound. From Wordnik.com. [The Mission; or Scenes in Africa] Reference
It seems clear that ichneumon grubs and the like which hatch inside a caterpillar and eat it alive are not so much parasites as. From Wordnik.com. [The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told] Reference
This being observed by the ichneumon it flings itself into its mouth and perforates its stomach and bowels, and finally kills it. From Wordnik.com. [The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete] Reference
Luckily an ichneumon happened to be standing close by, amazed at the strange spectacle, and the fox implored it to intercede for him. From Wordnik.com. [Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature] Reference
Linneus describes seventy-seven species of the ichneumon fly, some of which have a sting as long and some twice as long as their bodies. From Wordnik.com. [The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes] Reference
Egyptian ichneumon, there are several other species in Africa -- one belonging to Abyssinia, and no less than six to the countries near the. From Wordnik.com. [Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys] Reference
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