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Definition of Meerkats
1. meerkat [n] - See also: meerkat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meerkats
Literary usage of Meerkats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Daily Word Problems: Student Practice Books by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers (2007)
"The naturalist counted the meerkats in 5 mobs. How many meerkats are there in all?
Facts About meerkats meerkats have very good eyesight and hearing. ..."
2. Home Life on an Ostrich Farm by Annie Martin (1891)
"meerkats plentiful in the Karroo—Their appearance—Intelligence— ... THE little
meerkats were surely created for the express purpose of being made into pet ..."
3. The Standard Library of Natural History: Embracing Living Animals of Thw by Charles John Cornish (1908)
"THE meerkats, OR SURICATES Most people who have read Frank Buckland's Life will
... The SURICATES, or meerkats, burrow all over the South African veldt, ..."
4. From Ruwenzori to the Congo: A Naturalist's Journey Across Africa by Alexander Frederick Richmond Wollaston (1908)
"In the course of my first stalk I came across a family hunting-party of half a
dozen meerkats— charming little creatures like mongooses, with stripes across ..."
5. The Life of Animals: The Mammals by Ernest Ingersoll (1907)
"In their wild state the meerkats live in colonies or warrens, burrowing deep
holes in the sandy soil, and feeding chiefly on succulent bulbs, ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"Even of the larger animals many of the commonest are still desiderata to our
collections, while of the smaller things, from meerkats to mosquitoes, ..."
7. London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1908)
"58), and the meerkats (PI. 58a). A little way farther on is an Exit, which takes
us into the Outer Circle, opposite the main entrance. ..."
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