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mongoose

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mon·goose  (mnggs, mn-)
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
Noun
pl -gooses a small long-tailed predatory mammal of Asia and Africa that kills snakes [from Marathi (a language of India) mangūs]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mongoosemongoose - 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 [ˈmɔŋguːs] n → mangosta
mongoose [ˈmɔŋguːs] n → mangouste f
mongoose [ˈmɔŋguːs] n → Mungo m
mongoose [ˈmɔŋguːs] n → mangusta


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