mongoose

Etymology
First attested in the 1690s. Borrowed from, from , from , from. Ultimately a borrowing (compare 🇨🇬). Spelling altered by folk-etymological association with. Displaced native.

Noun

 * 1) Any of several species of generalist predatory Carnivores in the family ; the various species range in size from rats to large cats. The  is noted as a predator of venomous snakes, though other mongoose species have similar habits.
 * 2) Any members of family  of, only distantly related to the , but resembling them in appearance and habits, with larger ears and ringed tails.
 * 1) Any members of family  of, only distantly related to the , but resembling them in appearance and habits, with larger ears and ringed tails.
 * 1) Any members of family  of, only distantly related to the , but resembling them in appearance and habits, with larger ears and ringed tails.

Derived terms

 * banded mongoose
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 * Egyptian mongoose
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 * mad as a mongoose
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 * yellow mongoose
 * zebra mongoose
 * Egyptian mongoose
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 * mad as a mongoose
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 * yellow mongoose
 * zebra mongoose
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Translations

 * Afrikaans: muishond
 * Arabic: نِمْس
 * Egyptian Arabic: نمس
 * Armenian: մանգուստ
 * Assamese: নেউল
 * Azerbaijani: manqustlar
 * Basque: mangosta
 * Belarusian: мангу́ст
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: mangosta
 * Cerma: kogonnisacɔdɔrɔ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:,  ,
 * Djimini: cɔnnjɔngɔ
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: herpesto, mungoto
 * Estonian: mangust
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: Manguste,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἰχνεύμων
 * Gujarati: નોળિયો
 * Hawaiian: manakuke
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, , manguszta
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: mongús
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 猫鼬
 * Javanese:
 * Karang: nzi̧w
 * Kashmiri: نوٗل
 * Khmer: សត្វស្កា
 * Korean: 몽구스
 * Lao: ຈອນພອນ
 * Lithuanian: mangusta
 * Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀡𑀉𑀮
 * Malay: cerpelai, bambun
 * Malayalam:
 * Marathi: मुंगूस
 * Mon:
 * Nepali: न्याउरी
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: mungo
 * Old English: nǣderbita
 * Pali: nol
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: mangusto,
 * Punjabi: ਨਿਓਲਾ
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Shona: jerenyenje
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Sundanese: ᮜᮞᮥᮔ᮪
 * Swahili: nguchiro
 * Swedish: mungo,
 * Tamil: ,
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: พังพอน
 * Tocharian B: nakūle
 * Turkish: firavun faresi,
 * Ukrainian: мангу́ст
 * Vietnamese: mangut
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh: mongŵs
 * Wolof: sikkóor
 * Yoruba: agbókotọ́yà, kẹ́kẹ́, ayẹ̀


 * Finnish: madagaskarinmangusti
 * Polish: galidia