Lexic.us

Definition of Mongoose

1. Noun. Agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents.

Definition of Mongoose

1. n. A species of ichneumon (Herpestes griseus), native of India. Applied also to other allied species, as the African banded mongoose (Crossarchus fasciatus).

2. n. A Madagascan lemur (Lemur mongos).

Definition of Mongoose

1. Noun. Carnivores of the family Herpestidae. Various species range in size from small rats to large cats. Species such as the Indian mongoose are famed as predators of venomous snakes, but in fact the habits of mongooses vary. Most mongooses are generalist predators that will eat almost anything that they can overpower, ranging from insects and scorpions to rats. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mongoose

1. a carnivorous mammal [n -GOOSES or -GEESE]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mongoose

Literary usage of Mongoose

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

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1877)
"In the following paper, which is from the pen of the author of the article above mentioned, some curious facts nre adduced relative to the mongoose or ..."

2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1882)
"The mongoose was soon within easy striking distance of the snake, which, suddenly throwing back his head, struck at the mongoose with tremendous force. ..."

3. The US Virgin Islands Alive! by Harriet Greenberg, Douglas Greenberg (2006)
"Smith-Palmer, whose shop is located in mongoose Junction. The St. John map is free. To orient yourself quickly, there are some key locations you should know ..."

4. The World's Great Classics by Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne (1899)
"How came that about ?' asked the Tortoise. The Geese related:— The Story of the Herons and the mongoose " Among the mountains of the north there is ..."

5. Unaddressed Letters by Frank Athelstane Swettenham (1904)
"IV A CLEVER mongoose IN my last letter I told you how the ancient who guards this Eden had complained of the prevalence of snakes, and I, with an experience ..."

6. Oriental Literature by Richard James Horatio Gottheil, Epiphanius Wilson (1900)
"The Geese related:— The Story of the Herons and the mongoose " Among the mountains of the north there is one named Eagle-cliff, and near it, upon a fig-tree ..."

7. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1877)
"In the following paper, which is from the pen of the author of the article above mentioned, some curious facts nre adduced relative to the mongoose or ..."

8. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1882)
"The mongoose was soon within easy striking distance of the snake, which, suddenly throwing back his head, struck at the mongoose with tremendous force. ..."

9. The US Virgin Islands Alive! by Harriet Greenberg, Douglas Greenberg (2006)
"Smith-Palmer, whose shop is located in mongoose Junction. The St. John map is free. To orient yourself quickly, there are some key locations you should know ..."

10. The World's Great Classics by Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne (1899)
"How came that about ?' asked the Tortoise. The Geese related:— The Story of the Herons and the mongoose " Among the mountains of the north there is ..."

11. Unaddressed Letters by Frank Athelstane Swettenham (1904)
"IV A CLEVER mongoose IN my last letter I told you how the ancient who guards this Eden had complained of the prevalence of snakes, and I, with an experience ..."

12. Oriental Literature by Richard James Horatio Gottheil, Epiphanius Wilson (1900)
"The Geese related:— The Story of the Herons and the mongoose " Among the mountains of the north there is one named Eagle-cliff, and near it, upon a fig-tree ..."

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