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MIERKAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mierkat mean? 

MIERKAT (noun)
  The noun MIERKAT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MIERKAT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MIERKAT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

meerkat; mierkat

Hypernyms ("mierkat" 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 "mierkat"):

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 ("mierkat" is a member of...):

genus Suricata; Suricata (meerkats)


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