mongoose

English Thesaurus

1. agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	viverrine, viverrine mammal,
definition	:	small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	herpestes nyula, indian mongoose,
definition	:	keen-sighted viverrine of southern Asia about the size of a ferret; often domesticated (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	herpestes ichneumon, ichneumon,
definition	:	northern African mongoose; in ancient times thought to devour crocodile eggs (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus herpestes, herpestes,
definition	:	mongooses (noun.animal)