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: 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
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The puzzle of play The purpose of play — for children, monkeys, rats or meerkats — has proved surprisingly hard to pin down.
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
The Phoenix Zoo opened a new Predator Passage exhibit in 2023, giving visitors a glimpse of African lions, hyenas, meerkats, leopards, Rüppell’s Griffon vultures and Red River hogs.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 11 June 2024
The landscape is home to various animals including meerkats, the Kalahari lion, Cape cobras and gemsbok − a large member of the antelope family.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 24 Apr. 2024
Four curious young meerkats, born in February, are spotted frolicking in their surroundings at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago, Illinois.
—Fox News, 9 Apr. 2024
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
The Phoenix Zoo opened a new Predator Passage exhibit in 2023, giving visitors a glimpse of African lions, hyenas, meerkats, leopards, Rüppell’s Griffon vultures and Red River hogs.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 11 June 2024
The landscape is home to various animals including meerkats, the Kalahari lion, Cape cobras and gemsbok − a large member of the antelope family.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 24 Apr. 2024
Four curious young meerkats, born in February, are spotted frolicking in their surroundings at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago, Illinois.
—Fox News, 9 Apr. 2024
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meerkat
noun
meer·kat
ˈmir-ˌkat 
: a burrowing mammal of southern Africa that feeds chiefly on insects, is grayish with faint black markings, and lives in usually large colonies
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