Word Meanings - ICHNEUMONIDAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to the Ichneumonidæ, or ichneumon flies. -- n.

Related words: (words related to ICHNEUMONIDAN)

• ICHNEUMONIDES
  The ichneumon flies.
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• ICHNEUMON
  Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes, and family Viverridæ. Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa. The Egyptian species , which ranges to Spain and Palestine, is noted for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as well
• ICHNEUMONIDAN
  Of or pertaining to the Ichneumonidæ, or ichneumon flies. -- n.
• APPERTAIN
  To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach