Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ichneumon wasp

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables: ich-neu-mon wasp
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of family Ichneumonidae of parasitic wasps whose larvae feed on other live insect larvae.

Inflected Forms

ichneumon wasps (plural)

Synonyms

ichneumon fly

Questions

What does ichneumon wasp mean?: A member of family Ichneumonidae of parasitic wasps whose larvae feed on other live insect larvae.

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