How to Use mongoose in a Sentence

mongoose

noun
  • Who is the enemy of a mongoose?
    — Big Think, 8 May 2026
  • Barn owls and mongoose, other species that like to feed on terns, are rare in the urban core.
    — ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • There are many species of mongoose, but this one has dark stripes across its lower back and haunches.
    — Big Think, 8 May 2026
  • Once the mongooses have this scented war paint on, the battle starts.
    — Big Think, 8 May 2026
  • When mongoose mothers are expecting, many will give birth on the same night.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 June 2021
  • This mongoose birth party is a good thing, new research suggests.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 June 2021
  • In Fodor’s, a mongoose voiced by Neil Gaiman calls him on the telephone.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 July 2023
  • And then there’s the mongoose, with a height typically under two feet.
    — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 20 Apr. 2022
  • There’s all kinds of stuff that has tried to be a bit catlike in different ways—mongooses, things like that.
    — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2023
  • For Penn, who plays Mikku, one of the mongooses, being part of the show is a thrill.
    — NBC News, 17 Mar. 2020
  • The biggest threat may be other mongooses.
    — Big Think, 8 May 2026
  • The crested toad’s long list of predators includes cats, crabs, dogs, heron, lizards, mongooses, and rats.
    — National Geographic, 26 Mar. 2020
  • The monkey’s genitals are burned with a candle, and it is placed in a cage with a mongoose, which attacks it.
    — Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The battle cry is sounded; the mongooses face off shoulder to shoulder.
    — Big Think, 8 May 2026
  • Mongoose The mongoose, the classic enemy of snakes, has nothing to do with geese.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Otto and Xavier embark, with their pet mongoose, on a sleeper train called the Lucky Day.
    — Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Insects lay eggs in the carcasses, creating food for mongooses and ibis.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 19 June 2017
  • When the islands became fused to the mainland the mongoose spread southwards and developed into its present jaguar-like form.
    — Discover Magazine, 31 May 2018
  • In one study, 64 percent of the time, the mongooses managed it perfectly.
    — Big Think, 8 May 2026
  • Males over the age of eleven become liabilities in mongoose warfare.
    — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Sep. 2022
  • In slow-motion video, the mongooses seem to use rapid-fire sniffing to distinguish who’s on their team and who’s the enemy.
    — Big Think, 8 May 2026
  • In 2011, a predator-proof fence was completed to protect the seabird colonies from the likes of cats and mongoose.
    — Ku‘u Kauanoe, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2022
  • An occasional shy mongoose takes cover amid the nodding Colocasias and glossy water lilies.
    — Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2024
  • And yes, belief in the mongoose (Gef) appears to work as an analogy for belief in God (God).
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 July 2023
  • But as the examples of the mongoose and cane toad illustrate, biological control can go awry.
    — Christina Nunez, National Geographic, 5 June 2019
  • Meerkats are members of the mongoose family, the zoo said, and usually live in the deserts and dry open plains of Southern Africa.
    — Sean Rossman, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2017
  • The cat-like animals, distant relatives of the mongoose, can only be found in the forests of Madagascar in the wild.
    — Amethyst Tate, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Researchers have observed that the wild pigs lie down when mongooses are around, allowing themselves to be plucked and pruned of any ticks or other parasites.
    — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The pair were on a trip through the Thai jungle when Fox handed some money to someone who led them to a fight between a cobra and a mongoose.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The next season yielded intriguing caches of animal mummies—not just cats but a cobra, a lion cub, a mongoose and even a scarab beetle.
    — Roger Anis, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2021

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