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Meerkat vs Aardvark - What's the difference?

meerkat | aardvark |

As nouns the difference between meerkat and aardvark

is that meerkat is suricata suricatta , a small carnivorous mammal of the mongoose family, from the kalahari desert, known for its habit of standing on its hind legs while aardvark is the nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing, mammal.

meerkat

English

(wikipedia meerkat) (Suricata suricatta)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Suricata suricatta , a small carnivorous mammal of the mongoose family, from the Kalahari Desert, known for its habit of standing on its hind legs.

    • Related terms

    * suricate ----

    aardvark

    English

    (wikipedia aardvark) (Orycteropus afer)

    Alternative forms

    * aard-vark, erdvark

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing, mammal
    • The aardvark burrows in the ground and feeds mostly on termites, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue.
  • A silly or credulous person who is prone to mistakes or blunders.
    • I walked into the wrong bathroom like a total aardvark .

    Synonyms

    * (mammal) African anteater, antbear, ant bear or ant-bear, anteater, earth pig