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(a) A mongoose, a meerkat. (b) Either of two African mustelids: (c) the zorilla or striped polecat, Ictonyx striatus (more fully striped muishond)…
South African. A meerkat, a mongoose, a weasel; = muishond, n. Obsolete.
Subcategories:
— genus Suricata (meerkat) (4)
— genus Crossarchus (kusimanse) (2)
— genus Herpestes (mongoose) (10)
— other types of (1)