ichneumoned

English

Etymology

From ichneumon +‎ -ed.

Adjective

ichneumoned (not comparable)

  1. parasitized by an ichneumon wasp
    • 1890, Alpheus Spring Packard, Fifth Report of the United States Entomological Commission, page 309:
      The year in which so many were observed, large numbers were ichneumoned, many caterpillars having an egg affixed to the head.
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