mongoose
noun
a slender, ferretlike carnivore, Herpestes edwardsi, of India, that feeds on rodents, birds, and eggs, noted especially for its ability to kill cobras and other venomous snakes.
mongooses
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pluralof mongoose.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In our romantic life, we more closely resemble these social, close-knit mongooses than we do our primate cousins, a "league table" of monogamy compiled by scientists suggests.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
On the course, elaborate tombs of the city's past rulers poke through tangled trees that are home to peacocks, troops of monkeys and mongooses.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2025
Dwarf mongooses are Africa's smallest carnivore, living in cooperatively breeding, territorial groups of 5-30 individuals.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2023
This arrangement can lead to inbreeding, but female dwarf mongooses have found a simple yet clever way around this problem: look for mates in nearby groups.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 15, 2022
“The mongooses at the zoo didn’t sell. They stayed in India.”
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
