Meerkat Definition

mîrkät
meerkats
noun
meerkats
Any of various mongooses of SW Africa, esp. a small, grayish one (Suricata suricatta) that lives in colonies underground.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • mierkat

Other Word Forms of Meerkat

Noun

Singular:
meerkat
Plural:
meerkats

Origin of Meerkat

  • Afrikaans from Middle Dutch meercatte monkey meer sea (because monkeys came from overseas) mori- in Indo-European roots catte cat (from Germanic kattuz) cat

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Afrikaans meerkat, transferrative use of Dutch meerkat (“guenon (monkey)"). Compare English mercat.

    From Wiktionary

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