Associations to the word «Meerkat»

Wiktionary

MEERKAT, noun. Suricata suricatta, a small carnivorous mammal of the mongoose family, from the Kalahari Desert, known for its habit of standing on its hind legs.

Dictionary definition

MEERKAT, noun. A mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats