Mongeese

mon·goose (m

, m

n. pl. mon·goos·es

Any of various Old World carnivorous mammals of the genus Herpestes and related genera, having a slender agile body and a long tail and noted for the ability to seize and kill venomous snakes.

[Marathi mangs, of Dravidian origin.]

mongoose [ˈmɒŋˌguːs]

n pl -gooses

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any small predatory viverrine mammal of the genus Herpestes and related genera, occurring in Africa and from S Europe to SE Asia, typically having a long tail and brindled coat

[from Marathi mangūs, of Dravidian origin]

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Noun

mongoose - agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents

viverrine, viverrine mammal - small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World

genus Herpestes, Herpestes - mongooses

Herpestes nyula, Indian mongoose - keen-sighted viverrine of southern Asia about the size of a ferret; often domesticated

Herpestes ichneumon, ichneumon - northern African mongoose; in ancient times thought to devour crocodile eggs

Translations

mongoose [ˈmɒŋguːs] N (mongooses (pl)) → mangosta f

mongoose [ˈmɒŋguːs] n → mangouste f

mongoose

n pl <-s> → Mungo m

mongoose [ˈmɒŋguːs] n → mangusta

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Egyptian mongoose family Viverridae family Viverrinae genus Herpestes Herpestes Herpestes ichneumon Herpestes nyula ichneumon Indian mongoose meerkat mierkat Mungoose suricat suricate Viverridae Viverrinae viverrine viverrine mammal Woolly macaco	That house of tin and driftwood among the giant fronds, that grove, that plank beneath the loblolly tree upon which to chop the plantain, ginger, pineapple, that sawed-off oil drum in which to build a fire for the rice, all among the toothed leaves, the pungent ganga, the lizards and mongeese, the scuttling landcrabs. Jagold by Smith, Noel / Journal of Caribbean Literatures To whom it may concern, I need two mongeese," he wrote. off the Record by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) ALL THREEof those matches reinforced every cliche ever waved at the Aussies about their grit, their loathing of losing and capacity to hang on like mongeese. Alastair Down: Ashes series has restored faith in greatness of sport by The Racing Post (London, England)	money-grubbing Money-maker money-making money-purchase money-spinner Moneyage moneybag moneybags moneybox moneychanger moneyed moneyer moneygrubber moneylender moneylending Moneyless moneymaker moneymaking moneyman moneyocracy moneyspinning moneywort mong Mongcorn monged Mongeese monger mongo möngö Mongol Mongol dynasty Mongol Tatar Mongolia Mongolian Mongolian monetary unit Mongolian People's Republic Mongolian race mongolianism Mongolic Mongolic language mongolism Mongoloid Mongoloid race Mongols mongoose mongrel mongrelise mongrelism mongrelize monic polynomial Monica Seles	moneyworts Monfalcone Monfalcone, Italy Monferrat Monferrat Monferrata Monferrata Monferrato Monferrato Monfort College of Business Mong Mong Mong Kok Mong Pai Mongcorn Monge form Monge shuffle Monge's disease Monge's disease Monge's disease Monge's disease Monge's shuffle Monge's theorem Monge, Gaspard Monge, Gaspard, comte de Péluse Mongean Shuffle monged Monged pubis Monged pubis Monged pubis Mongeese monger monger monger mongered mongered mongering mongering mongers mongers Monghan Monghan Monghyr Mongibello Möngke Möngke Khan Mongke-Temur Möngke-Temür Mongko Defense Army Mongkok Workers' Children School Mongkut Mongloid Mongloid Mongloids Mongloids mongo mongo mongo möngö Mongo Beti Mongo Béti

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Egyptian mongoose
family Viverridae
family Viverrinae
genus Herpestes
Herpestes
Herpestes ichneumon
Herpestes nyula
ichneumon
Indian mongoose
meerkat
mierkat
Mungoose
suricat
suricate
Viverridae
Viverrinae
viverrine
viverrine mammal
Woolly macaco

That house of tin and driftwood among the giant fronds, that grove, that plank beneath the loblolly tree upon which to chop the plantain, ginger, pineapple, that sawed-off oil drum in which to build a fire for the rice, all among the toothed leaves, the pungent ganga, the lizards and mongeese, the scuttling landcrabs.

Jagold by Smith, Noel / Journal of Caribbean Literatures

To whom it may concern, I need two mongeese," he wrote.

off the Record by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

ALL THREEof those matches reinforced every cliche ever waved at the Aussies about their grit, their loathing of losing and capacity to hang on like mongeese.

Alastair Down: Ashes series has restored faith in greatness of sport by The Racing Post (London, England)

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