mongoose

English

Borrowed from Portuguese mangus, from Marathi मुंगूस (muṅgūs), from Telugu ముంగిస (muṅgisa).

mongoose (plural mongooses or mongeese)

Carnivores of the family Herpestidae and the similar Malagasy mongooses (Galidiinae), ranging in size from small rats to large cats, including the Indian mongoose famed as a predator of venomous snakes.

a small carnivore of the family Herpestidae

Afrikaans: muishond
Arabic: نِمْس‎‎ m (nims)
Armenian: մանգուստ (mangust)
Assamese: নেউল (neul)
Azerbaijani: manqustlar
Belarusian: мангу́ст m (manhúst)
Bulgarian: мангу́ста (bg) f (mangústa)
Burmese: မြွေပါ (my) (mrwepa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 獴 (zh) (měng), 貓鼬 (zh), 猫鼬 (zh) (māoyòu)
Czech: mangusta (cs) f (genera Bdeogale, Crossarchus, Cynictis, Dologale, Helogale, Ichneumia, Liberiictis, Mungos, Paracynictis and Rhynchogale), promyka (cs) f (genera Atilax, Galerella and Herpestes), surikata (cs) f (genus Suricata)
Dutch: mangoeste c
Estonian: mangust
Finnish: mungo, mangusti (fi)
French: mangouste (fr)
German: Manguste f, Mungo (de) m
Greek: μαγκούστα (el) (magkoústa)
Gujarati: નોળિયો (noḷiyo)
Hawaiian: manakuke
Hebrew: נְמִיָּה‎‎ (he) f (nemiya)
Hindi: नेवला (hi) (nevlā)
Hungarian: mongúz (hu)
Ido: mangusto (io)
Indonesian: garangan (id), cerpelai (id)
Irish: mongús m
Italian: mangusta (it) f
Japanese: マングース (ja) (mangūsu)
Javanese: garangan (jv)
Khmer: សត្វស្កា (satvoskaa)
Korean: 몽구스 (mongguseu)
Lao: ຈອນພອນ (chǭn phǭn)

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