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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.

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[Marathi mangs, of Dravidian origin.]

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mongoose

Noun

pl -gooses a small long-tailed predatory mammal of Asia and Africa that kills snakes [from Marathi (a language of India) mangūs]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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 [ˈmɔŋguːs] n → mangosta

mongoose [ˈmɔŋguːs] n → mangouste f

mongoose [ˈmɔŋguːs] n → Mungo m

mongoose [ˈmɔŋguːs] n → mangusta