meerkat

[ meer-kat ]

/ ˈmɪər kæt /

suricate.

Origin of meerkat

Dutch: literally, monkey, apparently equivalent to meer (see mere²) + kat cat

This meerkat, the largest and handsomest we have ever seen, cannot have been anything less than the chief of his tribe.

Home Life on an Ostrich Farm |Annie Martin
I would still redeem my pledge, and restore Meerkat, so lost not a moment in turning back to release the other two.

A Veldt Vendetta |Bertram Mitford
Often, when starting for a ride or drive, we have been obliged to shut up our meerkat, so determined was he to come with us.

Home Life on an Ostrich Farm |Annie Martin
The astonishment of dogs in England at a meerkat brought home by us was most amusing.

Home Life on an Ostrich Farm |Annie Martin

The last of the civet-like animals about which we can tell you is the meerkat, sometimes known as the suricate.

The Animal World, A Book of Natural History |Theodore Wood

meerkat

/ (ˈmɪəˌkæt) /

any of several South African mongooses, esp Suricata suricatta (slender-tailed meerkat or suricate), which has a lemur-like face and four-toed feet

C19: from Dutch: sea-cat