Surikate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  suricat \su"ri*cat\, suricate \su"ri*cate\(s[=u]"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 only
     four toes; called also {mierkat}, {yellow mongoose} and


     {zenick}. [Also spelled {surikate}.]
  
     Note: The animal called {zenick} seems also to be related to
           or identical to the mierkat, but no reference can be
           found on the internet.
  
     Syn: meerkat.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]