mongeese

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English

Etymology

Through folk-etymological association with geese, being the plural of goose.

Pronunciation

Noun

mongeese

  1. (nonstandard) plural of mongoose. The standard plural is mongooses.
    • 1931, Hazel Ballance Eadie, Lagooned in the Virgin Islands, G. Routledge & Sons, ltd., page 43:
      These mongeese were soon in demand all through the islands as rat-catchers.
    • 2005, Michael A. Herr, The Kaua'i Obake Bar: A Primo's Talk Story Book, PublishAmerica, Incorporated, →ISBN, page 117:
      Not birds, you lamebrain, dey stole mongeese. Little animals from over in India, day kill da snakes, da cobras dere.