English noun: meerkat | |||
1. | meerkat (animal) a mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes | ||
Synonyms | mierkat | ||
Broader (hypernym) | viverrine, viverrine mammal | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | slender-tailed meerkat, Suricata suricatta, Suricata tetradactyla, suricate | ||
Member meronym | genus Suricata, Suricata | ||