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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 mon·goose /ˈmɑnˌgus, ˈmɑŋ-/
 貓鼬;蒙鼠

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mon·goose, 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.]
 2.  A Madagascan lemur (Lemur mongos).
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 mongoose
      n : agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and
          rodents