meerkat
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
meerkat /ˈmɪəkat/
▶noun a small southern African mongoose. [Suricata suricatta (grey meerkat) and other species.]
– origin C18: from S. Afr. Du., from Du., appar. from meer ‘sea’ + kat ‘cat’.
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