"meerkat" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmeːrˌkɑt/, [ˈmɪːrˌkɑt] Audio: Nl-meerkat.ogg Forms: meerkatten [plural], meerkatje [diminutive, neuter]
Etymology: From Middle Dutch meercatte (“monkey, ape”), from Old Dutch *merikatta. Equivalent to meer + kat. Cognate with Old High German merikazza (German Meerkatze). Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|meercatte||monkey, ape}} Middle Dutch meercatte (“monkey, ape”), {{inh|nl|odt|*merikatta}} Old Dutch *merikatta, {{com|nl|meer|kat}} meer + kat, {{cog|goh|merikazza}} Old High German merikazza, {{cog|de|Meerkatze}} German Meerkatze Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-en|+}} meerkat f (plural meerkatten, diminutive meerkatje n)
  1. a guenon, vervet, talapoin or patas; one of a number of monkeys of the genus Cercopithecus, or of the tribe Cercopithecini Wikipedia link: nl:meerkatten Tags: feminine Categories (lifeform): Primates
    Sense id: en-meerkat-nl-noun-RcxtV6k~ Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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