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Definition of Mongooses

Mongooses
Mongoose Mon"goose, n.; pl. Mongooses. [Tamil manegos.] A Madagascan lemur (Lemur mongos).
Mongoose
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.]
Mongoose
Mongoose Mon"goose, n.; pl. Mongooses. [Tamil manegos.] A Madagascan lemur (Lemur mongos).

Meaning of Mongooses from wikipedia

- altered to its "-goose" ending by folk etymology. The plural form is "mongooses". Mongooses have long faces and bodies, small, rounded ears, short legs, and...
- The Indian grey mongoose has tawny grey or iron grey fur, which is more grizzled and stiffer and co****r than that of other mongooses. The ruddiness of...
- millipedes. Mongooses use various types of dens for shelter including termite mounds. While most mongoose species live solitary lives, the banded mongoose live...
- Jamaican small Indian mongooses were shipped to plantations on other islands. Early 1900s accounts claimed that introduced mongooses were effective at reducing...
- Look up mongoose in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mongoose refers to two types of carnivorous mammals. Mongoose or The Mongoose may also refer to: Tom...
- orange red, grey, or even golden yellow, but these mongooses can be distinguished from other mongooses due to the prominent black or red tip on their tails...
- specimen in the collection of the British Museum Natural History. All Asian mongooses are now thought to belong in the genus Urva. Subspecies: U. s. smithii...
- Boden Kloss in 1919 were two collared mongooses collected in Ophir District, West Sumatra. All Asian mongooses are now thought to belong in the genus...
- relationship has evolved between the dwarf mongoose and hornbills, in which hornbills s**** out the mongooses in order for the two species to forage together...
- in 1818. It was later classified in the genus Herpestes, but all Asian mongooses are now thought to belong in the genus Urva. In the 19th and 20th centuries...