Mierkat (Noun)
Meaning
A mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The meerkat stood upright on its hind legs, gazing out at the desert landscape with keen, curious eyes.
- Meerkats have adapted to living in the dry, scrubby terrain of South Africa's Kalahari Desert.
- Visitors to the local wildlife reserve flocked to see the meerkat colony, watching in delight as the clever creatures scurried about.
- Researchers have been studying the social behavior of meerkats for years, learning about their cooperative hunting strategies.
- On safari, our group was thrilled to spot a family of meerkats burrowing into the sandy ground.