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Suricate vs Zenik - What's the difference?

suricate | zenik |

As nouns the difference between suricate and zenik

is that suricate is the meerkat, a member of the mongoose family while zenik is the meerkat or suricate.

suricate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The meerkat, a member of the mongoose family.
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    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.