Ἰχν-εύμων,ονος,ὁ,
A. tracker: hence,
1. an Egyptian animal of the weasel-kind,which hunts outcrocodile's eggs (asp's eggs, Ael. NA 6.38 ),Herpestes ichneumon, Arist. HA 612a16 , Eub. 107.12 , Nic. Th. 190 , Plu. 2.966d , PLond. 3.904
(ii A.D.); cf. ἰχνευτής
11
.
2. a small kind of wasp,that huntsspiders,Pelopaeus spirifex, Arist. HA 552b26 , 609a5 , cf. Plin. HN 10.204 .
3. a bird, Ant.Lib. 14 .