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MEERKAT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes

Synonyms:

meerkat; mierkat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("meerkat" is a kind of...):

viverrine; viverrine mammal (small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "meerkat"):

slender-tailed meerkat; Suricata suricatta (a meerkat with a thin and elongated tail)

Suricata tetradactyla; suricate (burrowing diurnal meerkat of southern Africa; often kept as a pet)

Holonyms ("meerkat" is a member of...):

genus Suricata; Suricata (meerkats)

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