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