† zenicknoun
Meaning & use
Obsolete.
- 1801–1900The meerkat or suricate, Suricata suricatta.
- 1801
Others of this genus [sc. Viverra] are the muskiliatte cat, or zenik, of the Systema Naturæ; the tigrina [etc.].
, Account Trav. Interior South Afr. 1797–8 vol. I. iii. 231 - 1865
The Zenick, sometimes termed the Suricate, is a native of Southern Africa.
, Illustrated Natural History (new edition) vol. I. 252 - 1900
The suricate (suricata tetradactyla), or zenick, or meerkat, as the Cape farmers call him, is a kittenish little beast.
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