'Suricata suricatta' definitions:
Definition of 'Suricata suricatta'
From: WordNet
noun
A meerkat with a thin and elongated tail [syn: slender- tailed meerkat, Suricata suricatta]
Definition of 'Suricata suricatta'
From: GCIDE
- suricat \su"ri*cat\, suricate \su"ri*cate\(s[=u]"r[i^]*k[a^]t), n. [F. surikate, from the native name in South Africa.] (Zool.) A South African mongooselike viverrine (Suricata suricatta or Suricata tetradactyla) having a lemurlike face and only four toes; called also mierkat, yellow mongoose and zenick. [Also spelled surikate.]
- Note: The animal called zenick seems also to be related to or identical to the mierkat, but no reference can be found on the internet.
- Syn: meerkat. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]