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    MEERKAT

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toesplay

    Synonyms:

    meerkat; mierkat

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("meerkat" is a kind of...):

    viverrine; viverrine mammal (small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "meerkat"):

    slender-tailed meerkat; Suricata suricatta (a meerkat with a thin and elongated tail)

    Suricata tetradactyla; suricate (burrowing diurnal meerkat of southern Africa; often kept as a pet)

    Holonyms ("meerkat" is a member of...):

    genus Suricata; Suricata (meerkats)

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