英语词汇“meerkat”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

meerkat

/ˈmɪəkat

noun

A small southern African mongoose, especially the suricate.

Suricata and other genera, family Herpestidae: three species.

Over the past year, we have been making a film on meerkats in the southern Kalahari....

There are wallabies, meerkats, flamingoes, maras and tamarin monkeys in both zoos.
Some animals, including meerkats, are able to distinguish between close and more distant relatives and non-relatives.

Origin

Early 18th century: from South African Dutch, from Dutch, 'long-tailed monkey', apparently from meer 'sea' + kat 'cat', but perhaps originally an alteration of an oriental word; compare with Hindi markaṭ 'ape'.

单词	meerkat
释义	meerkat /ˈmɪəkat / noun A small southern African mongoose, especially the suricate. Suricata and other genera, family Herpestidae: three species. Over the past year, we have been making a film on meerkats in the southern Kalahari.... There are wallabies, meerkats, flamingoes, maras and tamarin monkeys in both zoos. Some animals, including meerkats, are able to distinguish between close and more distant relatives and non-relatives. Origin Early 18th century: from South African Dutch, from Dutch, 'long-tailed monkey', apparently from meer 'sea' + kat 'cat', but perhaps originally an alteration of an oriental word; compare with Hindi markaṭ 'ape'.
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