"meerkat" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɪəkat/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɪəɹkæt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-meerkat.wav [UK] Forms: meerkats [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)kæt Etymology: From Afrikaans meerkat, transferred use of Dutch meerkat (“guenon [monkey]”), from Middle Dutch meercatte (literally “sea cat”), compare English mercat. Sometimes suggested to be influenced by or derived from an Indian source; compare Hindi मर्कट (markaṭ, “ape, monkey”) and Sanskrit मर्कट (markaṭa). Note however Old High German merikazza, so any influence from Indo-Aryan would have to be exceptionally early. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|af|meerkat}} Afrikaans meerkat, {{der|en|nl|meerkat||guenon 􂀿monkey􂁀}} Dutch meerkat (“guenon [monkey]”), {{der|en|dum|meercatte|lit=sea cat}} Middle Dutch meercatte (literally “sea cat”), {{cog|en|mercat}} English mercat, {{ncog|hi|मर्कट|gloss=ape, monkey}} Hindi मर्कट (markaṭ, “ape, monkey”), {{ncog|sa|मर्कट}} Sanskrit मर्कट (markaṭa), {{cog|goh|merikazza}} Old High German merikazza Head templates: {{en-noun}} meerkat (plural meerkats)
  1. Suricata suricatta, a small carnivorous mammal of the mongoose family, from the Kalahari Desert, known for its habit of standing on its hind legs. Categories (lifeform): Herpestids Synonyms: suricate, meercat, mierkat Translations (small carnivorous mammal): meerkat (Afrikaans), merkati (Albanian), سُرِقَاط (suriqāṭ) [masculine] (Arabic), مِيرْكَات (mirkāt) [masculine] (Arabic), սուրիկատ (surikat) (Armenian), сурыка́т (surykát) [masculine] (Belarusian), মিরক্যাট (mirkêṭ) (Bengali), сурикат (surikat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), suricata [masculine] (Catalan), 狐獴 (húměng) (Chinese Mandarin), 細尾獴 (Chinese Mandarin), 细尾獴 (xìwěiměng) (Chinese Mandarin), surikata [feminine] (Czech), surikat [common-gender] (Danish), stokstaartje [neuter] (Dutch), stokstaartje (Dutch), surikato (Esperanto), surikaat (Estonian), mýrikøttur (Faroese), surikaatti (Finnish), nelisormimangusti (Finnish), suricate [masculine] (French), suricato [masculine] (Galician), სურიკატი (suriḳaṭi) (Georgian), Erdmännchen [neuter] (German), σουρικάτα (sourikáta) (Greek), סוּרִיקָטָה (Hebrew), szurikáta (Hungarian), jarðköttur (Icelandic), míorchat (Irish), suricato [masculine] (Italian), ミーアキャット (mīakyatto) (Japanese), 미어캣 (mieokaet) (Korean), жербөбөк (jerböbök) (Kyrgyz), surikats [masculine] (Latvian), surikata [feminine] (Lithuanian), меркат (merkat) [masculine] (Macedonian), eerdmenken (North Frisian), surikat (Norwegian), دمعصایی (Persian), surykatka [feminine] (Polish), suricate [masculine] (Portuguese), suricato [masculine] (Portuguese), suricat [masculine] (Romanian), сурика́т (surikát) [masculine] (Russian), сурика́та (surikáta) [feminine] (Russian), мирка́т (mirkát) [masculine] (Russian), меркат [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), merkat [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), surikata [feminine] (Slovak), mosha (Sotho), suricata [feminine] (Spanish), suricato [masculine] (Spanish), nguchiro wa porini (Swahili), surikat [common-gender] (Swedish), பாலைவனக் கீரி (pālaivaṉak kīri) (Tamil), เมียร์แคต (miia-kɛ́t) (Thai), mirket (Turkish), сурика́т (surykát) [masculine] (Ukrainian), cầy vằn bụng đỏ (Vietnamese), swricat [masculine] (Welsh), סוריקאַטע (surikate) [feminine] (Yiddish), imhlangala (Zulu), ububhibhi (Zulu), ubuhayi (Zulu)

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          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
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          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
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          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "word": "surikato"
        },
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "word": "surikaat"
        },
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "word": "mýrikøttur"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "word": "surikaatti"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "word": "nelisormimangusti"
        },
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "suricate"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "suriḳaṭi",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "word": "სურიკატი"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Erdmännchen"
        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "sourikáta",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "word": "σουρικάτα"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "word": "סוּרִיקָטָה"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "word": "szurikáta"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "word": "jarðköttur"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "word": "míorchat"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "suricato"
        },
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mīakyatto",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "word": "ミーアキャット"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "mieokaet",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "word": "미어캣"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "jerböbök",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "word": "жербөбөк"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "surikats"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "surikata"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "merkat",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "меркат"
        },
        {
          "code": "frr",
          "lang": "North Frisian",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "word": "eerdmenken"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "word": "surikat"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "word": "دمعصایی"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "surykatka"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "suricate"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "suricato"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "suricat"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "surikát",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сурика́т"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "surikáta",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "сурика́та"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mirkát",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "мирка́т"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "меркат"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "merkat"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "surikata"
        },
        {
          "code": "st",
          "lang": "Sotho",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "word": "mosha"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "suricata"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "suricato"
        },
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          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "word": "nguchiro wa porini"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "surikat"
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          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "pālaivaṉak kīri",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "word": "பாலைவனக் கீரி"
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "miia-kɛ́t",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "word": "เมียร์แคต"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "word": "mirket"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "surykát",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сурика́т"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "word": "cầy vằn bụng đỏ"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "swricat"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "surikate",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "סוריקאַטע"
        },
        {
          "code": "zu",
          "lang": "Zulu",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "word": "imhlangala"
        },
        {
          "code": "zu",
          "lang": "Zulu",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "word": "ububhibhi"
        },
        {
          "code": "zu",
          "lang": "Zulu",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "word": "ubuhayi"
        }
      ]
    }
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɪəɹkæt/",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)kæt"
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (UK)"
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  ],
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}
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "ミーアキャット",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "mīakyatto"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: ミーアキャット (mīakyatto)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: ミーアキャット (mīakyatto)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "미어캣",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 미어캣 (mieokaet)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 미어캣 (mieokaet)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "เมียร์แคต",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: เมียร์แคต (miia-kɛ́t)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: เมียร์แคต (miia-kɛ́t)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "af",
        "3": "meerkat"
      },
      "expansion": "Afrikaans meerkat",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "meerkat",
        "4": "",
        "5": "guenon 􂀿monkey􂁀"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch meerkat (“guenon [monkey]”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "meercatte",
        "lit": "sea cat"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch meercatte (literally “sea cat”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mercat"
      },
      "expansion": "English mercat",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hi",
        "2": "मर्कट",
        "gloss": "ape, monkey"
      },
      "expansion": "Hindi मर्कट (markaṭ, “ape, monkey”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "मर्कट"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit मर्कट (markaṭa)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "merikazza"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German merikazza",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Afrikaans meerkat, transferred use of Dutch meerkat (“guenon [monkey]”), from Middle Dutch meercatte (literally “sea cat”), compare English mercat. Sometimes suggested to be influenced by or derived from an Indian source; compare Hindi मर्कट (markaṭ, “ape, monkey”) and Sanskrit मर्कट (markaṭa). Note however Old High German merikazza, so any influence from Indo-Aryan would have to be exceptionally early.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meerkats",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "meerkat (plural meerkats)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Bengali terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from Afrikaans",
        "English terms derived from Afrikaans",
        "English terms derived from Dutch",
        "English terms derived from Middle Dutch",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)kæt",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)kæt/2 syllables",
        "en:Herpestids"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Suricata suricatta, a small carnivorous mammal of the mongoose family, from the Kalahari Desert, known for its habit of standing on its hind legs."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Suricata suricatta",
          "Suricata suricatta#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "carnivorous",
          "carnivorous"
        ],
        [
          "mammal",
          "mammal"
        ],
        [
          "mongoose",
          "mongoose"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "suricate"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɪəkat/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɪəɹkæt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)kæt"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-meerkat.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (UK)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "meercat"
    },
    {
      "word": "mierkat"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "meerkat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "merkati"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "suriqāṭ",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سُرِقَاط"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mirkāt",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مِيرْكَات"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "surikat",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "սուրիկատ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "surykát",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сурыка́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "mirkêṭ",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "মিরক্যাট"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "surikat",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сурикат"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suricata"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "húměng",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "狐獴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "細尾獴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xìwěiměng",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "细尾獴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "surikata"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "surikat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stokstaartje"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "stokstaartje"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "surikato"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "surikaat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "mýrikøttur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "surikaatti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "nelisormimangusti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suricate"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suricato"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "suriḳaṭi",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "სურიკატი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Erdmännchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sourikáta",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "σουρικάτα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "סוּרִיקָטָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "szurikáta"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "jarðköttur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "míorchat"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suricato"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mīakyatto",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "ミーアキャット"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mieokaet",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "미어캣"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "jerböbök",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "жербөбөк"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "surikats"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "surikata"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "merkat",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "меркат"
    },
    {
      "code": "frr",
      "lang": "North Frisian",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "eerdmenken"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "surikat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "دمعصایی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "surykatka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suricate"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suricato"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suricat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "surikát",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сурика́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "surikáta",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сурика́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mirkát",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мирка́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "меркат"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "merkat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "surikata"
    },
    {
      "code": "st",
      "lang": "Sotho",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "mosha"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "suricata"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suricato"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "nguchiro wa porini"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "surikat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "pālaivaṉak kīri",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "பாலைவனக் கீரி"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "miia-kɛ́t",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "เมียร์แคต"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "mirket"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "surykát",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сурика́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "cầy vằn bụng đỏ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "swricat"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "surikate",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "סוריקאַטע"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "imhlangala"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "ububhibhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "ubuhayi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meerkat"
}

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