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Webster 1913 Edition

Meerkat

‖

Meer′kat

(mēr′kăt)

,

Noun.

[D.]

(Zool.)

A South African carnivore (

Suricata suricata

, formerly

Cynictis penicillata

), allied to the ichneumons, having a lemurlike face and only four toes; called also

yellow mongoose

and

suricate

.

[Also spelled

mierkat

.]