Mongooses

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mongoose \Mon"goose\, Mongoos \Mon"goos\, n.; pl. {Mongooses}
     1. (Zool.) A species of ichneumon ({Herpestes griseus}),
        native of India. Applied also to other allied species, as
        the African banded mongoose ({Crossarchus fasciatus}).
        [Written also {mungoose}, {mungoos}, {mungous}.]
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. [Tamil manegos.] A Madagascan lemur ({Lemur mongos}).
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]