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    MONGOOSE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodentsplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("mongoose" is a kind of...):

    viverrine; viverrine mammal (small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mongoose"):

    Herpestes nyula; Indian mongoose (keen-sighted viverrine of southern Asia about the size of a ferret; often domesticated)

    Herpestes ichneumon; ichneumon (northern African mongoose; in ancient times thought to devour crocodile eggs)

    Holonyms ("mongoose" is a member of...):

    genus Herpestes; Herpestes (mongooses)

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