mongoose – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
mongoose
n.
(Zoology) any of several ferret-like mammals that eat snakes and other animals (including rodents, birds, etc.)
Mongoose
Mongoose is the popular English name for 29 of 34
species in the 14
genera of the
family Herpestidae, which are small
carnivorans that are
native to southern
Eurasia and mainland
Africa. The other five species in the family are the four kusimanses in the genus
Crossarchus, and the only species in the genus
Suricata:
Suricata suricatta, commonly called
meerkat in English.
mongoose
Noun
1. agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents
(hypernym) viverrine, viverrine mammal
(hyponym) Indian mongoose, Herpestes nyula
mongoose
n.
promyka
Mongoose
(n.)
Alt. of Mongoos
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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