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Definition of Mongeese

1. mongoose [n] - See also: mongoose

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mongeese

Literary usage of Mongeese

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Englishwoman in the Philippines by Campbell Dauncey (1906)
"Our dear little mongeese are flourishing. We let them out of the cage ... In India, I believe, people keep mongeese to kill snakes; but here they seem to be ..."

2. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"Common Indian mongeese, legendary opponents of snakes, have a risky challenge with the reptiles here—huge cobras, common kraits, saw-scaled and Russel's ..."

3. Sailing South by Philip Sanford Marden (1921)
"There are no snakes worth speaking of in Jamaica — although there are mongooses (possibly I mean mongeese?) and occasional ticks. ..."

4. The Hunting Grounds of the Old World by H. A. L. (Henry Astbury Leveson) (1865)
"... against which in their wild state he was accustomed to wage war; and young bears, hunting leopards, deer, antelope, monkeys, mongeese, pea-fowl, ..."

5. Pen and Pencil Sketches: Being Reminiscences During Eighteen Years by W. H. Florio Hutchisson, John Wilson (1883)
"They shoot with great precision with the hand bow, and I have seen them hit hares, mongeese etc. with great certainty with their arrows. ..."

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