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urva

urva noun: a crab-eating mongoose (Urva urva, syn. Herpestes urva).

urva: a crab-eating mongoose (Urva urva, syn. Herpestes urva)
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Noun

urva (plural urvas)

  1. A crab-eating mongoose (Urva urva, syn. Herpestes urva).

Forms of urva

pluralurvas

Origin of urva

From Nepali [Term?].

Questions about urva

What does urva mean?
Urva means a crab-eating mongoose (Urva urva, syn. Herpestes urva).
What part of speech is urva?
Urva is a noun.
What is the plural of urva?
The plural of urva is urvas.

Words near urva in the dictionary

  1. Urutawan
  2. uruts
  3. urutu
  4. urutus
  5. Uruzgan
  6. urva
  7. urvan
  8. urvans
  9. urvantsevite
  10. urvas
  11. Urvashi

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