meerkat
/ˈmɪəkæt/noun
1- a small southern African mongoose, especially the suricate小型非洲獴（尤指灰沼狸）。
1.1
- Suricata and other genera, family Herpestidae: three species.沼狸属及其他属, 獴科：3种。
1.2
- S. African any of a number of mongooses or similar-sized mammals, e.g. the zorilla or a ground squirrel〈南非〉獴; 大小似獴的哺乳动物（如非洲艾虎、地松鼠）。
词源
early 18th cent.: from South African Dutch, from Dutch, 'long-tailed monkey'， apparently from meer 'sea' + kat 'cat'， but perhaps originally an alteration of an oriental word; compare with Hindi markat 'ape'.