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Related topics: Animalsmon·goose /ˈmɒŋɡuːs $ ˈmɑːŋ-/ noun (plural mongooses) [countable] HBAa small furry tropical animal that kills snakes and rats 獴Examples from the Corpusmongoose• He fought and twisted and bit like a mongoose, to no avail.• I remember once a large white-tailed mongoose scuttled past within a few feet of us.Origin mongoose (1600-1700) Hindi magus, from Prakrit mangusomon·goose nounChineseSyllable furry tropical and Corpus that small a animal snakes kills rats |