meerkat

meer·kat

noun \ˈmir-ˌkat\

Definition of MEERKAT

: 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

Illustration of MEERKAT

Origin of MEERKAT

Afrikaans, from Dutch, a kind of monkey, from Middle Dutch meercatte monkey, from meer sea + catte cat

First Known Use: 1801

Rhymes with MEERKAT

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