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The Adobe Flash Player is required in order to view this content. You can get it here: meerkatOne entry found. Main Entry: meer·kat Pronunciation: \ˈmir-ˌkat\ Function: noun Etymology: Afrikaans, from Dutch, a kind of monkey, from Middle Dutch meercatte monkey, from meer sea + catte cat Date: 1801 : any of several African mongooses; especially : a burrowing highly social primarily insectivorous mammal (Suricata suricatta) of southern Africa that is chiefly grayish with faint black markings and lives in usually large colonies 
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