noun
mongooses
• Syn: ↑genus Herpestes
• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Viverridae, ↑family Viverridae, ↑Viverrinae, ↑family Viverrinae
• Member Meronyms: ↑mongoose
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Herpestes /hûr-pesˈtēz/
noun
The ichneumon or mongoose genus
ORIGIN: Gr herpēstēs, from herpein to creep
Useful english dictionary. 2012.