Meerkat

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. See suricate.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The African penciled ichneumon, Cynictis penicillata. See cut under Cynictis.
  • n. The African suricate or zenick, Suricata tetradactyla.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    viverrine    viverrine mammal   
    Variant
    yellow mongoose    suricate    mierkat   
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