[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Also called Af·ri·can mon·goose[af, -ri-k, uh, n , mong, -goos, mon, -],. a slender, long-tailed mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon, inhabiting Africa and southern Europe, and believed by the ancient Egyptians to devour crocodile eggs.", "ichneumon fly ichneumon fly."]}]