meerkat

(mir′kat′, mēr′-)

noun

any of various mongooses of SW Africa, esp. a small, grayish one (Suricata suricatta) that lives in colonies underground

Origin: Afrik < Du, name of type of monkey, lit., sea cat

See meerkat in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Origin:

Origin: Afrikaans

Origin: , from Middle Dutch meercatte, monkey

Origin: : meer, sea (because monkeys came from overseas); see mori- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + catte, cat (from Germanic *kattuz)

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