mongoose Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents
WordNet
Mon"goose, Mon"goos noun
(Also<
- Mongoose
- Mongoos
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Definitions
(Zoöl.) 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 .
