n.
Pronunciation: ' mir- ˌ kat
Function: noun
Etymology: Afrikaans, from Dutch, a kind of monkey, from Middle Dutch meercatte monkey, from meer sea + catte cat
Date: 1801
: any of several African mongooses especially : a burrowing highly social primarily insectivorous mammal ( Suricata suricatta ) of southern Africa that is chiefly grayish with faint black markings and lives in usually large colonies
meerkat