单词 | zenick |
释义 | † zenickn. 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). < |
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