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mongoos
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mongoos, n.
- A species of ichneumon (
Herpestes griseus ), native of India. Applied also to other allied species, as the African banded mongoose (Crossarchus fasciatus ). [1913 Webster] - A Madagascan lemur (
Lemur mongos ). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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