Search Result for "suricata suricatta":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a meerkat with a thin and elongated tail;
[syn: slender-tailed meerkat, Suricata suricatta]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Suricata suricatta n 1: a meerkat with a thin and elongated tail [syn: slender- tailed meerkat, Suricata suricatta]