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meerkat

noun

meer·​kat ˈmir-ˌkat How to pronounce meerkat (audio)
: any of several African mongooses
especially : a burrowing highly social primarily insectivorous mammal (Suricata suricatta) of southern Africa that is chiefly grayish with faint black markings and lives in usually large colonies

Illustration of meerkat

Illustration of meerkat

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web But recently he was asked to take over the role of Timon, the meerkat, for four months on a national tour. Ellen Mccarthy, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2022 Then her meerkat starts pooping, while the two hot meerkats look on, appalled. Ariel Levy, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022 And the comic characters who were clearly the favorites of the younger members of the audience on Thursday, the meerkat Timon and warthog Pumbaa, were played with the appropriate broadness by Tony Freeman and John E. Brady. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022 But recently he was asked to take over the role of Timon, the meerkat, for four months on a national tour. Ellen Mccarthy, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2022 But recently he was asked to take over the role of Timon, the meerkat, for four months on a national tour. Ellen Mccarthy, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2022 But recently he was asked to take over the role of Timon, the meerkat, for four months on a national tour. Ellen Mccarthy, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2022 But recently he was asked to take over the role of Timon, the meerkat, for four months on a national tour. Ellen Mccarthy, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2022 But recently he was asked to take over the role of Timon, the meerkat, for four months on a national tour. Ellen Mccarthy, Washington Post, 21 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Afrikaans, from Dutch, a kind of monkey, from Middle Dutch meercatte monkey, from meer sea + catte cat

First Known Use

1801, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of meerkat was in 1801
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