Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mongoose"
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) 1.7 (wn)
mongoose
n : agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and
rodents
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