'Mongooses' definitions:

Definition of 'Mongooses'

From: GCIDE
  • Mongoose \Mon"goose\, Mongoos \Mon"goos\, n.; pl. Mongooses
  • 1. (Zool.) 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. [Tamil manegos.] A Madagascan lemur (Lemur mongos). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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