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Mongoose vs Marmot - What's the difference?

mongoose | marmot |

As nouns the difference between mongoose and marmot

is that mongoose is carnivores of the family herpestidae and the similar famed as a predator of venomous snakes while marmot is any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera marmota and in the squirrel family.

mongoose

English

(wikipedia mongoose) (Herpestidae) (Galidinae)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Carnivores of the family Herpestidae and the similar famed as a predator of venomous snakes.

    • marmot

    English

    (wikipedia marmot)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and in the squirrel family.

    • Derived terms

    (marmot) * (Alaska marmot) * (alpine marmot) * (black-capped marmot) * (bobak marmot) * (gray marmot) * Himalayan marmot * hoary marmot * (long-tailed marmot) * (marmot squirrel) * (vern, Menzbier's marmot) * (olympic marmot) * (prairie marmot) * (tarbagan marmot) * (Vancouver marmot) * (yellow-bellied marmot)

    See also

    * groundhog * woodchuck ----