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noun
The study of ichneumon wasps (Ichneumonidae).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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History
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἰχνεύω (ikhneúō) Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn) Ancient Greek ἰχνεύμων (ikhneúmōn)bor. Latin ichneumōn Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logia Latin ichneumōnologiabor. English ichneumonology Borrowed from Latin ichneumōnologia. By surface analysis, ichneumon + -ology.
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