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Always reminds me of the Sugar Barons of Hawaii importing Asian mongooses to handle their rat problem; sadly, the rats are nocturnal, and the mongooses are diurnal.

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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.

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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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Core meanings and parts of speech for mongooses.

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.

Example sentences

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Always reminds me of the Sugar Barons of Hawaii importing Asian mongooses to handle their rat problem; sadly, the rats are nocturnal, and the mongooses are diurnal.

2

We encouraged mongooses to breed in the posting boxes to keep down the snakes...' Lord Vetinari said nothing.

3

In 1883 the mongooses were let loose in the fields, an approach that proved to be colossally uninformed.

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There’s all kinds of stuff that has tried to be a bit catlike in different ways—mongooses, things like that.

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True, the mongooses also hunted and killed lots of rats; but they did not kill them all.

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Sugar cane farmers took their cue from Jamaican plantation owners who imported mongooses to control rat populations.

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Worse, both rats and mongooses carry a disease called leptospirosis, which can be lethal to humans.

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Like so many invasive species that now run amuck on islands around the world, mongooses were intentionally introduced to Hawaii.

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Here's why they are there [1]: > The first successful introduction of mongooses to the Caribbean region was back in 1872.

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Espaut had an original idea: why not bring over a few Indian mongooses – those unpretentious mammals known as enthusiastic rat hunters?

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Is this not already possible with MongoDB, using something like mongooses post('save') [1]?

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Bringing mongooses to Hawaii as natural pest exterminators seemed such an elegant idea.

Quote examples

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We encouraged mongooses to breed in the posting boxes to keep down the snakes…” Lord Vetinari said nothing.

Proper noun examples

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Yeah, or the Mongooses, that's a good team name.

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How do you use mongooses in a sentence?

Always reminds me of the Sugar Barons of Hawaii importing Asian mongooses to handle their rat problem; sadly, the rats are nocturnal, and the mongooses are diurnal.

What does mongooses mean?

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.

What part of speech is mongooses?

mongooses is commonly used as noun.