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mrsrobinson | 12:22 Wed 17th Apr 2002 | Phrases & Sayings
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What is the collective noun for mongooses, please?
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The collective noun is in fact mongooses. Logic dictates that the plural of goose is geese, therefore the plural of mongoose would be mongeese, but language is not logical - mongooses is the plural.
13:55 Wed 17th Apr 2002
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Someone said "gaggle" to me (I presume due to the goose connection) but "pack" seems sufficient - it is possible that there is no formal collective noun other than the mundane.
16:57 Wed 17th Apr 2002
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Thanks, Andy, but I knew about the plural - it's the collective noun I'm after; a murmuration of starlings, a mob of kangaroos... a ? of mongooses. Thanks also rekstout.
17:10 Wed 17th Apr 2002

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