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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. See suricate.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The African penciled ichneumon, Cynictis penicillata. See cut under Cynictis.
  2. n. The African suricate or zenick, Suricata tetradactyla.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Suricata suricatta, a small carnivorous mammal of the mongoose family, from the Kalahari Desert, known for its habit of standing on its hind legs.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Zoöl.) A South African carnivore (Suricata suricata, formerly Cynictis penicillata), allied to the ichneumons, having a lemurlike face and only four toes; called also yellow mongoose and suricate.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes

Etymologies

  1. From Afrikaans meerkat, transferrative use of Dutch meerkat ("guenon (monkey)"). Compare English mercat. (Wiktionary)
  2. Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch meercatte, monkey : meer, sea (because monkeys came from overseas); see mori- in Indo-European roots + catte, cat (from Germanic *kattuz). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • bilby When the meerkat is asking, foxhopper, it is time for you to go. Nov 28, 2009

  • sionnach "when the bread is rising and the ball is flying and the meerkat is asking "

    What could this Vexample possibly mean?

    Nov 27, 2009

  • bilby Haha! Mar 4, 2009

  • wordwench Viverrine?

    Sounds like a sassy cocktail waitress fond of coral lipstick and beehives. Mar 4, 2009

  • chained_bear Image. Aug 8, 2008

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