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Wolverine vs Mongoose - What's the difference?

wolverine | mongoose |

As nouns the difference between wolverine and mongoose

is that wolverine is a native or resident of the american state of michigan while mongoose is carnivores of the family herpestidae and the similar famed as a predator of venomous snakes.

wolverine

English

Alternative forms

* wolverene

Noun

(en noun)
  • A solitary, fierce member of the weasel family, Gulo gulo .
  • * 1920 , , The Understanding Heart , Chapter IV
  • *:“Wish I'd been more polite to that girl,” the sheriff remarked regretfully. “ I ain't had a bite to eat since four o'clock this morning, and I'm hungry as a wolverine . … I know she'd have give me another drink of that old moonshine she has.”
  • # A male wolverine, (a female wolverine being called an angeline).

    • Synonyms

    * (animal) Gulo gulo , carcajou, skunk bear, glutton, quickhatch

    See also

    * (wikipedia) * (Gulo gulo)

    mongoose

    English

    (wikipedia mongoose) (Herpestidae) (Galidinae)

    Noun

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