Definition of Mungoose

1. n. See Mongoose.

Definition of Mungoose

1. Noun. (archaic form of mongoose) ¹

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Definition of Mungoose

1. mongoose [n -S] - See also: mongoose

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mungoose

mung
mung bean
mung bean nuclease
mung beans
munga
mungbean
mungcorn
mungcorns
munge
munged
munges
munging
mungo
mungoes
mungoos
mungoose (current term)
mungooses
mungos
mungous
mungouses
mungrel
mungrels
mungs
muni
municide
municides
municipal
municipal bond
municipal borough
municipal center

Literary usage of Mungoose

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

1. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"poison of a snake is injected into the veins of a mungoose it proves fatal. ... The cry of the mungoose is a grating mew, varied occasionally by a little ..."

2. The Fur Traders and Fur Bearing Animals by Marcus Petersen (1914)
"Another species of Ichneumon or mungoose (Herpestes- grisius) is so easily ... Though small, this mungoose is absolutely fearless, and its movements are so ..."

3. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1913)
"XXV Description of a New Water mungoose from East Africa, by N. Hollister Note« on the Distribution of some Colorado Mammals, by Edward R. Warren A New ..."

4. A Popular Account of the Manners and Customs of India by Charles Acland (1879)
"I managed to get him into a bottle, which I filled with spirits. The mungoose is very fond of serpents; he kills and eats them with great rapidity, ..."

5. Wild Game in Zambezia by Reginald Charles Fulke Maugham (1914)
"CIVET : GENET : mungoose CHEETAHS or Hunting Leopards are not very numerous in the Zambezi valley, occurring perhaps most plentifully between ..."

6. Sport in East Central Africa: Being an Account of Hunting Trips in by Frederick Vaughan Kirby (1899)
"... in a storm—South-easters— Red duiker and Livingstone's antelope — Rufous mungoose—Fever— ... mungoose ..."

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