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Mongoose

Mongoose Meaning & Definition
Mongoose Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mongoose?

[n] agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents

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See Also | genus Herpestes | Herpestes | Herpestes ichneumon | Herpestes nyula | ichneumon | Indian mongoose | viverrine | viverrine mammal

Mongoose In Webster's Dictionary

\Mon"goose\, Mongoos \Mon"goos\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A species of ichneumon ({Herpestes griseus}), native of India. Applied also to other allied species, as the African banded mongoose ({Crossarchus fasciatus}). [Written also {mungoose}, {mungoos}, {mungous}.]
\Mon"goose\, n.; pl. {Mongooses}. [Tamil manegos.] A Madagascan lemur ({Lemur mongos}).

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