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su´ri`cat


n. 1. (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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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