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surikato.

meerkat, suricate (small mongoose, Suricata suricatta)

8 characters4 syllables approx.Esperanto language

Meaning & usage

noun/suriˈkato/
  1. meerkat, suricate (small mongoose, Suricata suricatta)

Where this word comes from

From Russian сурика́т (surikát), Polish surykatka, Italian suricato, English suricate, all from French suricate, of uncertain origin; either from a South African language or a blend of Surinam (of which the animal's origin was erroneously reported by Buffon in 1765) + Afrikaans meerkat.

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