'Mungoos' definitions:
Definition of 'Mungoos'
From: GCIDE
- Mungoose \Mun"goose\, Mungoos \Mun"goos\, n. (Zool.) See Mongoose. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'mungoos'
From: 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.]