meerkat

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But like the wise monkey in Disney's Lion King 1½ advises the meerkat -- "Look beyond what you see!"

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  1. noun See suricate.

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  • LAObserved. com blogger and UCLA online newsroom editor-in-chief Kevin Roderick; News That Fits: value trend tests brand loyalty, truth in social media marketing, when the bread is rising and the ball is flying and the meerkat is asking Twitter lets you know, Web 2.0 ways for companies to build brand awareness; listeners 'comments discussion and Friendfeed FIR Room round-up; music from Donna the Buffalo; and more. —  a shel of my former self
  • He scuffles from place to place, occasionally standing on his hind legs, meerkat-style, to cast his angry gaze about the room. —  Daily News-Record
  • You should have said, Don't put Vicks VapoRub in your nose, your horse's nose or your meerkat's nose! —  The Seattle Times
  • - LONDON - Aleksandr Orlov, the meerkat star of the comparethemarket. com ad campaign, is to premiere his latest TV ad on Facebook. —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • She is the first to see a meerkat and the only person to spot an aardvark. —  Top stories from Times Online
 

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  1. Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch meercatte, monkey : meer, sea (because monkeys came from overseas); see mori- in Indo-European roots + catte, cat (from Germanic *kattuz).
 

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