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SURICATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does suricate mean?
• SURICATE (noun)
The noun SURICATE has 1 sense:
1. burrowing diurnal meerkat of southern Africa; often kept as a pet
Familiarity information: SURICATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Burrowing diurnal meerkat of southern Africa; often kept as a pet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Suricata tetradactyla; suricate
Hypernyms ("suricate" is a kind of...):
meerkat; mierkat (a mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes)
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