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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. keen-sighted viverrine of southern Asia about the size of a ferret; often domesticated;
[syn: Indian mongoose, Herpestes nyula]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nyula \Ny*u"la\, prop. n. (Zool.) A species of ichneumon (Herpestes nyula). Its fur is beautifully variegated by closely set zigzag markings. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Herpestes nyula n 1: keen-sighted viverrine of southern Asia about the size of a ferret; often domesticated [syn: Indian mongoose, Herpestes nyula]