meerkat
/ˈmɪəkat
/noun
A small southern African mongoose, especially the suricate.
- Suricata and other genera, family Herpestidae: three species.
- There are wallabies, meerkats, flamingoes, maras and tamarin monkeys in both zoos.
- Some animals, including meerkats, are able to distinguish between close and more distant relatives and non-relatives.
Origin
Early 18th century: from South African Dutch, from Dutch, 'long-tailed monkey', apparently from meer 'sea' + kat 'cat', but perhaps originally an alteration of an oriental word; compare with Hindi markaṭ 'ape'.
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