meerkat

Dutch (Brabantic)

/ˈmeːrˌkɑt/

noun
Definitions
  • A guenon, vervet, talapoin or patas; one of a number of monkeys of the genus Cercopithecus, or of the tribe Cercopithecini.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch meercatte (monkey, ape, sea cat) inherited from Old Dutch *merikatta com from Dutch, Flemish meer (lake, more, boundary, a limit) + Dutch, Flemish kat (cat, tip, vessel with wide fore and aft, gratuity).

Origin

Dutch (Brabantic)

kat

Gloss

cat, tip, vessel with wide fore and aft, gratuity

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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