English noun: mongoose | |||
1. | mongoose (animal) agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents | ||
Broader (hypernym) | viverrine, viverrine mammal | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Herpestes ichneumon, Herpestes nyula, ichneumon, Indian mongoose | ||
Member meronym | genus Herpestes, Herpestes | ||