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GENUS SURICATA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Suricata mean?
• GENUS SURICATA (noun)
The noun GENUS SURICATA has 1 sense:
1. meerkats
Familiarity information: GENUS SURICATA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Meerkats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Suricata; Suricata
Hypernyms ("genus Suricata" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Suricata"):
meerkat; mierkat (a mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes)
Holonyms ("genus Suricata" is a member of...):
family Viverridae; family Viverrinae; Viverridae; Viverrinae (genets; civets; mongooses)
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