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Suricata

noun

meerkats

• Syn: ↑genus Suricata

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Viverridae, ↑family Viverridae, ↑Viverrinae, ↑family Viverrinae

• Member Meronyms: ↑meerkat, ↑mierkat

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\\ˌsu̇rəˈkād.ə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from French surikate

: a genus of mammals (family Viverridae) consisting of the suricates

Useful english dictionary. 2012.