† zenickn.

Forms: 1800s zenik, 1800s–1900s zenick.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin zenik.

Etymology: < scientific Latin zenik, former specific name (in Viverra zenik; J. F. Gmelin in Linnaeus Systema naturæ (ed. 13, 1789) I. 85) < French zénik ( P. Sonnerat Voy. aux Indes Orientales (1782)), of unknown origin; apparently not from an African language.Sonnerat associates the animal with the Khoekhoe peoples, but this is apparently a reference to the region in which it is found (as also asserted by Gmelin), not to the language of origin. N.E.D. (1921) gives the pronunciation as (zī·nik) /ˈziːnɪk/.

Obsolete.

The meerkat or suricate, Suricata suricatta.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Carnivora > [noun] > family Herpestidae > genus Suricata (meerkat)

four-toed weasel1771

suricate1780

meerkat1801

zenick1801

1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–8 I. iii. 231 Others of this genus [sc. Viverra] are the muskiliatte cat, or zenik, of the Systema Naturæ; the tigrina [etc.].

1865 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. I. 252 The Zenick, sometimes termed the Suricate, is a native of Southern Africa.

1900 Public School Mag. May 335/1 The suricate (suricata tetradactyla), or zenick, or meerkat, as the Cape farmers call him, is a kittenish little beast.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	zenick
释义	† zenickn. Forms: 1800s zenik, 1800s–1900s zenick. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin zenik. Etymology: < scientific Latin zenik, former specific name (in Viverra zenik; J. F. Gmelin in Linnaeus Systema naturæ (ed. 13, 1789) I. 85) < French zénik ( P. Sonnerat Voy. aux Indes Orientales (1782)), of unknown origin; apparently not from an African language.Sonnerat associates the animal with the Khoekhoe peoples, but this is apparently a reference to the region in which it is found (as also asserted by Gmelin), not to the language of origin. N.E.D. (1921) gives the pronunciation as (zī·nik) /ˈziːnɪk/. Obsolete. The meerkat or suricate, Suricata suricatta. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Carnivora > [noun] > family Herpestidae > genus Suricata (meerkat) four-toed weasel1771 suricate1780 meerkat1801 zenick1801 1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–8 I. iii. 231 Others of this genus [sc. Viverra] are the muskiliatte cat, or zenik, of the Systema Naturæ; the tigrina [etc.]. 1865 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. I. 252 The Zenick, sometimes termed the Suricate, is a native of Southern Africa. 1900 Public School Mag. May 335/1 The suricate (suricata tetradactyla), or zenick, or meerkat, as the Cape farmers call him, is a kittenish little beast. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1801
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