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mongoose
CIDE DICTIONARY
mongoose, n.
- A species of ichneumon (
Herpestes griseus ), native of India. Applied also to other allied species, as the African banded mongoose (Crossarchus fasciatus ). [1913 Webster] - A Madagascan lemur (
Lemur mongos ). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mongoose, n. (pl. mongooses) any of various small flesh-eating civet-like mammals of the family Viverridae, esp. of the genus Herpestes.
Etymology
Marathi mangus
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