suricate
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suricate — [ syrikat ] n. m. • 1765 surikate; mot d une langue d Afrique du Sud ♦ Mammifère carnivore (viverridés) d Afrique australe, voisin de la mangouste. ● suricate nom masculin Petite mangouste omnivore des zones semi arides d Afrique australe.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
suricate — [soor′i kāt΄] n. [< Fr suricate or Ger surikate < native name in S Africa] a small, four toed, burrowing carnivore (Suricata suricatta) of S Africa, of the same family (Viverridae) as the civet and mongoose … English World dictionary
Suricate — Suricate, so v.w. Surikate … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
suricate — s. m. [Zoologia] Mamífero carnívoro da África do Sul, vizinho do gato de algália … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
Suricate — Suricate … Wikipédia en Français
suricate — surikata statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Suricata suricata angl. grey meerkat; meerkat; slender tailed meerkat; suricate vok. Erdmännchen; Surikate rus. суриката pranc. suricate ryšiai: platesnis… … Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas
suricate — Meerkat Meer kat (m[=e]r k[a^]t), n. [D.] (Zo[ o]l.) A South African carnivore ({Suricata suricata}, formerly {Cynictis penicillata}), allied to the ichneumons, having a lemurlike face and only four toes; called also {yellow mongoose} and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
suricate — suricat su ri*cat, suricate su ri*cate(s[umsc] r[i^]*k[a^]t), n. [F. surikate, from the native name in South Africa.] (Zool.) A South African mongooselike viverrine ({Suricata suricatta} or {Suricata tetradactyla}) having a lemurlike face and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
suricate — /soor i kayt /, n. a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs. [1775 85; earlier surikate … Universalium
suricate — noun The meerkat, a member of the mongoose family … Wiktionary
