meerkat
Americannoun
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meerkats
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of meerkat
Dutch: literally, monkey, apparently equivalent to meer ( see mere 2) + kat cat
Example Sentences
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Artificial intelligence lets these glasses identify objects in our field of view, like a ficus tree or a Southern African meerkat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
One of the most familiar cooperative breeders to a human audience might be the meerkat, thanks to the documentary series Meerkat Manor.
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
Concerns had been raised about her taking a meerkat from her farm near Braintree, Essex, to the pub, but Ms Marsh insisted she was being targeted by online trolls.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2025
"When one meerkat calls, a neighbour is likely to reply," he adds.
From Science Daily ● May 20, 2024
I tossed hundreds of meerkat morsels at him that I would gladly have eaten myself.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
In the more than three decades that Clutton-Brock has been watching the Kalahari meerkats, he’s seen their habitat get hotter.
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
The Ark Wildlife Park, near Boston, Lincolnshire has 232 animals in its care including meerkats, crocodiles, snakes and wildcats.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
Are the meerkats that appear near the end of the story real or a hallucination?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025
We streamed soothing sights of wildlife such as penguins and meerkats at the San Diego Zoo while the polls were still open.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2024
Often a group 265 of meerkats will take the stance collectively, standing in a huddle and gazing in the same direction, looking like commuters waiting for a bus.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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