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mongoose

noun
🔊/ˈmɒŋɡuːs/
🔊/ˈmɑːŋɡuːs/
(plural mongooses
🔊/ˈmɒŋɡuːsɪz/
🔊/ˈmɑːŋɡuːsɪz/
)
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  1. a small tropical animal with fur, that kills snakes, rats, etc.獴（生活在热带地区，捕食蛇、鼠等）Topics Animalsc2
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Marathi (a language spoken in the western Indian state of Maharashtra) maṅgūs.