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mongoose |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mongoose \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}.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mongoose \Mon"goose\, n.; pl {Mongooses}. [Tamil manegos.] A Madagascan lemur ({Lemur mongos}). From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mongoose n : agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents
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