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    mongoose

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Animals
    mon·goose /ˈmɒŋɡuːs $ ˈmɑːŋ-/ noun (plural mongooses) [countable]  HBAa small furry tropical animal that kills snakes and rats 獴
    Examples from the Corpus
    mongoose• 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 manguso
    mon·goose nounChineseSyllable
    furry tropical and Corpus that small a animal snakes kills rats


    mongoose
    mon‧goose /ˈmɒŋɡuːs $ ˈmɑːŋ-/ noun (plural mongooses) [countable]
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: Hindi
     Origin: magus, from Prakrit manguso
    a small furry tropical animal that kills snakes and rats


    mon·gooseBrE /ˈmɒŋɡuːs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmɑːŋɡuːs/ 🔊 noun (
    plural
    mon·gooses BrE /ˈmɒŋɡuːsɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmɑːŋɡuːsɪz/ 🔊     )     a small tropical animal with fur, that kills snakes, rats, etc. 獴（生活在热带地区，捕食蛇、鼠等）