Defn: Of or pertaining to Mongolia or the Mongols.
— n.
Defn: One of the Mongols.
MONGOLIC
Mon*gol"ic, a.
Defn: See Mongolian.
MONGOLOID
Mon"go*loid, a. Etym: [Mongol + -oid.]
Defn: Resembling a Mongol or the Mongols; having race characteristics, such as color, hair, and features, like those of the Mongols. Huxley.
MONGOLS; MONGOLIANS
Mon"gols, Mon*go"li*ans, n. pl. (Ethnol.)
Defn: One of the great races of man, including the greater part of the inhabitants of China, Japan, and the interior of Asia, with branches in Northern Europe and other parts of the world. By some American Indians are considered a branch of the Mongols. In a more restricted sense, the inhabitants of Mongolia and adjacent countries, including the Burats and the Kalmuks.
MONGOOSE; MONGOOS
Mon"goose, Mon"goos, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A species of ichneumon (Herpestes griseus), native of India.
Applied also to other allied species, as the African banded mongoose
(Crossarchus fasciatus). [Written also mungoose, mungoos, mungous.]