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Mongoose vs. Cat — What's the Difference?

Mongoose vs. Cat — What's the Difference?

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Mongoose

A mongoose is a small terrestrial carnivorous mammal belonging to the family Herpestidae. This family is currently split into two subfamilies, the Herpestinae and the Mungotinae.

Cat

The cat (Felis catus) is a domestic species of small carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species in the family Felidae and is often referred to as the domestic cat to distinguish it from the wild members of the family.

Mongoose

A small carnivorous mammal with a long body and tail and a grizzled or banded coat, native to Africa and Asia.

Cat

A small domesticated carnivorous mammal (Felis catus), kept as a pet and as catcher of vermin, and existing in a variety of breeds.

Mongoose

Any of various carnivorous mammals of the family Herpestidae, native to Asia, Africa, and southern Europe and introduced elsewhere, having a slender agile body and a long tail, and noted for the ability to seize and kill venomous snakes.
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Cat

Any of various other carnivorous mammals of the family Felidae, including the lion, tiger, leopard, and lynx.

Mongoose

Any of several species of generalist predatory Carnivores in the family Herpestidae; the various species range in size from rats to large cats. The Indian mongoose is noted as a predator of venomous snakes, though other mongoose species have similar habits.

Cat

(Informal) A woman who is regarded as spiteful.

Mongoose

Any species of pl=s; only distantly related to the Herpestidae, these are members of the family Eupleridae; they resemble mongooses in appearance and habits, but have larger ears and ringed tails.

Cat

A person, especially a man.

Mongoose

A species of ichneumon (Herpestes griseus), native of India. Applied also to other allied species, as the African banded mongoose (Crossarchus fasciatus).

Cat

A player or devotee of jazz music.

Mongoose

A Madagascan lemur (Lemur mongos).

Cat

A cat-o'-nine-tails.

Mongoose

Agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents

Cat

A catfish.

Cat

A cathead.

Cat

A device for raising an anchor to the cathead.

Cat

A catboat.

Cat

A catamaran.

Cat

To hoist an anchor to (the cathead).

Cat

To look for sexual partners; have an affair or affairs
"catting around with every lady in sight" (Gore Vidal).

Cat

An animal of the family Felidae:

Cat

A domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.

Cat

Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, bobcats, leopards, cougars, cheetahs, caracals, lynxes, and other such non-domesticated species.

Cat

A person:

Cat

(offensive) A spiteful or angry woman.

Cat

An enthusiast or player of jazz.

Cat

(slang) A person (usually male).

Cat

(slang) A prostitute.

Cat

(nautical) A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.

Cat

Short form of cat-o'-nine-tails.

Cat

(archaic) A sturdy merchant sailing vessel now only in "catboat".

Cat

The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").

Cat

The trap of the game of "trap and ball".

Cat

(archaic) The pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat.

Cat

A vagina, a vulva; the female external genitalia.

Cat

A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.) with six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed.

Cat

(historical) A wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages as a siege weapon to allow assailants to approach enemy defences.

Cat

(computing) A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output.

Cat

(slang) A street name of the drug methcathinone.

Cat

Abbreviation of catapult
A carrier's bow cats

Cat

Abbreviation of catalytic converter

Cat

Abbreviation of catamaran

Cat

Abbreviation of category

Cat

Abbreviation of catfish

Cat

Abbreviation of caterpillar

Cat

(slang) Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)

Cat

A ground vehicle which uses caterpillar tracks, especially tractors, trucks, minibuses, and snow groomers.

Cat

Abbreviation of computed axial tomographyOften used attributively, as in “CAT scan” or “CT scan”.

Cat

To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.

Cat

To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.

Cat

(slang) To vomit.

Cat

To go wandering at night.

Cat

To gossip in a catty manner.

Cat

To apply the cat command to (one or more files).

Cat

To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target), usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.

Cat

Catastrophic; terrible, disastrous.
The weather was cat, so they returned home early.

Cat

Any animal belonging to the natural family Felidae, and in particular to the various species of the genera Felis, Panthera, and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name wild cat is commonly applied to the bay lynx (Lynx rufus). The larger felines, such as the lion, tiger, leopard, and cougar, are often referred to as cats, and sometimes as big cats. See Wild cat, and Tiger cat.
Laying aside their often rancorous debate over how best to preserve the Florida panther, state and federal wildlife officials, environmentalists, and independent scientists endorsed the proposal, and in 1995 the eight cats [female Texas cougars] were brought from Texas and released. . . . Uprooted from the arid hills of West Texas, three of the imports have died, but the remaining five adapted to swamp life and have each given birth to at least one litter of kittens.

Cat

A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade.

Cat

A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed.

Cat

An old game;

Cat

Same as cat o' nine tails; as, British sailors feared the cat.

Cat

A catamaran.

Cat

To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See Anchor.

Cat

Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar; domestic cats; wildcats

Cat

An informal term for a youth or man;
A nice guy
The guy's only doing it for some doll

Cat

A spiteful woman gossip;
What a cat she is!

Cat

The leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant;
In Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults

Cat

A whip with nine knotted cords;
British sailors feared the cat

Cat

A large vehicle that is driven by caterpillar tracks; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work

Cat

Any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild

Cat

A method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis

Cat

Beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails

Cat

Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;
After drinking too much, the students vomited
He purged continuously
The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night

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