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Definition of Mierkat
1. Noun. A mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes.
Generic synonyms: Viverrine, Viverrine Mammal
Group relationships: Genus Suricata, Suricata
Specialized synonyms: Slender-tailed Meerkat, Suricata Suricatta, Suricata Tetradactyla, Suricate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mierkat
Literary usage of Mierkat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Woman and Labor by Olive Schreiner (1911)
"We have known a male mierkat so assiduous in feeding young that were quite
unrelated to himself, taking to them every morsel of food given him, ..."
2. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1896)
"Only fearless little Mietje, the ' mierkat'—a species of ... often ended in the
mierkat's going to sleep snugly curled up on his friend's broad body. ..."
3. Woman and Labour by Olive Schreiner (1911)
"In the case of the South African mierkat, for instance, the female is ... We have
known a male mierkat so assiduous in feeding young that were quite ..."
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