a mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) of Africa, southern Europe, and southwestern Asia
ichneumon
noun(ich-neu-mon)
ichneumon wasp
ichneumon
noun(ich-neu-mon)
any of a large family (Ichneumonidae) of brown or black hymenopterous insects that have a slender body and long ovipositor and whose larvae are parasites of the larvae and pupae of various insects