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suricate

su·ri·cate
S s

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [soo r-i-keyt]
    • /ˈsʊər ɪˌkeɪt/
    • /sˈɜːrɪkˌeɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [soo r-i-keyt]
    • /ˈsʊər ɪˌkeɪt/

Definitions of suricate word

  • noun suricate a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs. 1
  • noun suricate the slender-tailed meerkat 0
  • noun suricate a small, four-toed, burrowing carnivore (Suricata suricatta) of S Africa, of the same family (Viverridae) as the civet and mongoose 0

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Origin of suricate

First appearance:

before 1775
One of the 45% newest English words
1775-85; earlier surikate < French < Dutch surikat macaque

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Parts of speech for Suricate

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

suricate popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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