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meerkat

American

[meer-kat] / ˈmɪər kæt /

noun

suricate.

meerkat British

/ ˈmɪəˌkæt /

noun

any of several South African mongooses, esp Suricata suricatta ( slender-tailed meerkat or suricate ), which has a lemur-like face and four-toed feet

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Noun Inflected Forms

meerkats

plural

Etymology

Origin of meerkat

Dutch: literally, monkey, apparently equivalent to meer ( see mere ²) + kat cat

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