suricate

[ soor-i-keyt ]

/ ˈsʊər ɪˌkeɪt /

noun

a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs.

Also called stick·tail

[stik-teyl] /ˈstɪkˌteɪl/

Origin of suricate

1775–85; earlier surikate<French <Dutch surikat macaque

Words nearby suricate

surgical splint, surgicenter, Surgut, surgy, Suribachi, suricate, surimi, Surinam, Surinam cherry, Suriname, Surinamese

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Example sentences from the Web for suricate

The Suricate has but four toes on each foot; the tarsus and the metatarsus are naked below.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard
The Suricate lives in caves and rock crevices, and will dig burrows.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard
The last of the civet-like animals about which we can tell you is the meerkat, sometimes known as the suricate.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History|Theodore Wood

British Dictionary definitions for suricate

suricate

/ (ˈsjʊərɪˌkeɪt) /

noun

the slender-tailed meerkatSee meerkat

Word Origin for suricate

C18: from French surikate, probably from a native South African word

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单词	suricate
释义	suricate [ soor-i-keyt ] / ˈsʊər ɪˌkeɪt / noun a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs. Also called stick·tail [stik-teyl] /ˈstɪkˌteɪl/ Origin of suricate 1775–85; earlier surikate<French <Dutch surikat macaque Words nearby suricate surgical splint, surgicenter, Surgut, surgy, Suribachi, suricate, surimi, Surinam, Surinam cherry, Suriname, Surinamese Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for suricate The Suricate has but four toes on each foot; the tarsus and the metatarsus are naked below. The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia\|Frank Evers Beddard The Suricate lives in caves and rock crevices, and will dig burrows. The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia\|Frank Evers Beddard The last of the civet-like animals about which we can tell you is the meerkat, sometimes known as the suricate. The Animal World, A Book of Natural History\|Theodore Wood British Dictionary definitions for suricate suricate / (ˈsjʊərɪˌkeɪt) / noun the slender-tailed meerkatSee meerkat Word Origin for suricate C18: from French surikate, probably from a native South African word Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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