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Alt. of Mongoos

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  1. n. Alt. of Mongoos
  2. n. agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents
  3. A species of ichneumon (Herpestes griseus), native of India. Applied also to other allied species, as the African banded mongoose (Crossarchus fasciatus). [Written also mungoose, mungoos, mungous.]
  4. n:100 n. agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents