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† ichneumon, ŏnis, m., = ἰχνεύμων.

  1. I. An animal which tracks the crocodile and destroys its eggs; the Egyptian rat or ichneumon, Plin. 8, 24, 35, § 88; 8, 25, 37, § 90 sq.; Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101; Mart. 7, 87, 5; Nemes. Cyneg. 54.
  2. II. An insect, the ichneumon-fly, Sphex sabulosus, Linn.; Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 294; 11, 21, 24, § 72.

Ichnŏbătes, ae, m., = Ἰχνοβάτης (that follows the trail), one of Actœon’s hounds, Ov. M. 3, 207; Hyg. Fab. 181.

† ichnogrăphĭa, ae, f., = ἰχνογραφία. a ground-plot, plan, Vitr. 1, 2, 2.

Ichnūsa, ae, f., = Ἰχνοῦσα, a very ancient name of the island of Sardinia, Plin. 3, 7, 13, § 85; Sil. 12, 358.

† ichthyŏcolla, ae, f., = ἰχθυόκολλα.

  1. I. A kind of sturgeon, the huso, Acipenser huso, Linn.; Plin. 32, 7, 24, § 72.
  2. II. The glue made from it, isinglass, sturgeon-bladder, Cels. 5, 2; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 198.

Ichthyŏphăgi, ōrum, m. (ἰχθυοφάγοι, fish-eaters), the name of several nations living upon fish, Plin. 6, 23, 25, § 95; Greek gen. plur. Ichthyophagōn, id. 6, 28, 32, § 51.