SURICATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Suricata mean? 

• SURICATA (noun)
  The noun SURICATA has 1 sense:

1. meerkats

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SURICATA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Meerkats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Suricata; Suricata

Hypernyms ("Suricata" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Suricata"):

meerkat; mierkat (a mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes)

Holonyms ("Suricata" is a member of...):

family Viverridae; family Viverrinae; Viverridae; Viverrinae (genets; civets; mongooses)