Mongoose in Germany I associated with cardinal in speech (9)
I believe the answer is:
ichneumon
'mongoose' is the definition.
(I know that ichneumon is a type of mongoose)
I don't understand the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ichneumon that I've seen before include "snake-slayer" , "Parasitic wasp" , "Fly" , "African native" , "mongoose" .)