mongoose (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *mongoose*:
NOUN	animal	mongoose	agile grizzled Old World viverrine

mongoose > pronunciation
Sounds	maa'ngguws
Rhymes	abstruse ... Zeus: 40 rhymes with uws...

English > *mongoose*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents.
Member of	Herpestes, genus Herpestes	mongooses
Narrower	Indian mongoose, Herpestes nyula	keen-sighted / keen-sighted viverrine of southern Asia about the size of a ferret
Narrower	ichneumon, Herpestes ichneumon	Northern African mongoose
Broader	viverrine, viverrine mammal	small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World
Spanish	mangosta
Catalan	mangosta

HyperDic: mongoose