meerkat
Suricata suricatta, a small carnivorous mammal of the mongoose family, from the…Suricata suricatta, a small carnivorous mammal of the mongoose family, from the Kalahari Desert, known for its habit of standing on its hind legs.
» Adriano saw a meerkat exhibit at the zoo.
Meaning
1 sensesSuricata suricatta, a small carnivorous mammal of the mongoose family, from the Kalahari Desert, known for its habit of standing on its hind legs.
Erdmännchen
сурика́тsurikát, сурика́таsurikáta, мирка́тmirkát
сурика́тsurykát
- a mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes
Examples
4 sentencesAdriano saw a meerkat exhibit at the zoo.
I saw a meerkat.
ruЯ видел суриката. — marafon
Meerkats live in large colonies, almost like rabbits, each animal scratching out for itself a deep hole in the ground.
Meerkats live in Africa.
ruСурикаты живут в Африке. — Balamax
Translations
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Origin
From Afrikaans meerkat, transferred use of Dutch meerkat (“guenon [monkey]”), from MiddleFrom Afrikaans meerkat, transferred use of Dutch meerkat (“guenon [monkey]”), from Middle Dutch meercatte (literally “sea cat”), compare English mercat. Sometimes suggested to be influenced by or derived from an Indian source; compare Hindi मर्कट (markaṭ, “ape, monkey”) and Sanskrit मर्कट (markaṭa). Note however Old High German merikazza, so any influence from Indo-Aryan would have to be exceptionally early.
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