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Meerkat vs Zenik - What's the difference?

meerkat | zenik |

As nouns the difference between meerkat and zenik

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 zenik is (archaic) the meerkat or suricate.

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 ----

    zenik

    English

    Alternative forms

    * zenick

    Noun

  • (archaic) The meerkat or suricate.
  • * 1857 , J. Bezant, William Cooke Stafford, Key to the Geographical questions (page 107)
    • The enormous elephant, the tall giraffe, and the stately ostrich, being found in the same spot with a species of mouse, called the black-streaked, weighing only a quarter of an ounce; the zenik , an animal only three inches in height; and the creeper, a bird not much larger than a cherry.