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What is the plural of mongoose?

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Mongoose definition is - any of numerous long slender carnivorous mammals (family Herpestidae) chiefly of Africa and southern Europe and Asia that are usually ferret-sized agile mammals typically with nonretractile sharp claws, short legs, long tail, and usually brownish or grayish fur sometimes with bands or stripes. read more

The word "mongoose" is likely derived from the Marathi name mungūs (मुंगूस) (pronounced as [muŋɡuːs]) and ultimately from the Telugu name mungisa or Kannada mungisi. The form of the English name (since 1698) was altered to its "-goose" ending by folk-etymology. read more

Plurals are strange things: The plural of foot is feet. The plural of goosefoot is goosefoots. The plural of moose is moose. The plural of goose is geese. The plural of mouse, the rodent, is mice. The plural of mouse, the computer hardware device, is mouses. read more

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