zenickhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zenick_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezenick, n.
Revised 2018

† zenicknoun

Obsolete.
  1. 1801–1900
    The meerkat or suricate, Suricata suricatta.
    1. 1801
      Others of this genus [sc. Viverra] are the muskiliatte cat, or zenik, of the Systema Naturæ; the tigrina [etc.].
      J. Barrow, Account Trav. Interior South Afr. 1797–8 vol. I. iii. 231
    2. 1865
      The Zenick, sometimes termed the Suricate, is a native of Southern Africa.
      J. G. Wood, Illustrated Natural History (new edition) vol. I. 252
    3. 1900
      The suricate (suricata tetradactyla), or zenick, or meerkat, as the Cape farmers call him, is a kittenish little beast.
      Public School Magazine May 335/1

zenick, n. was revised in June 2018.

zenick, n. was last modified in December 2024.