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Webster 1913 Edition
Mongoos
{
, Mon′goose
,Mon′goos
}Noun.
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
.]