Usually means: Small, agile mammals; snake predators.
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  1. mongooses: Merriam-Webster
  2. mongooses: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. mongooses: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. mongooses: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. mongooses: Wiktionary
  8. Mongooses, mongooses: Dictionary.com
  9. Mongooses: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (mongoose)

noun:  Any of several species of generalist predatory carnivores in the family Herpestidae; the various species range in size from rats to large cats. Indian mongooses are predators of venomous snakes, though other mongoose species have similar habits.
noun:  Any members of family Eupleridae of Malagasy mongooses, only distantly related to the Herpestidae, but resembling them in appearance and habits, with larger ears and ringed tails.
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