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zenik

zenik noun: the meerkat or suricate.

Noun

zenik (plural not attested)

  1. (archaic, no plural) The meerkat or suricate.
    • 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.1857, J. Bezant, William Cooke Stafford, Key to the Geographical questions, page 107

Forms of zenik

alternative formzenick

Origin of zenik

Unknown, likely from a native African name.

Questions about zenik

What does zenik mean?
Zenik means the meerkat or suricate.
What part of speech is zenik?
Zenik is a noun.

Words near zenik in the dictionary

  1. Zengzian
  2. zenial passage
  3. zenial passages
  4. zenick
  5. zenicks
  6. zenik
  7. zeniplatin
  8. zenith
  9. zenith sector
  10. zenith sectors
  11. zenith telescope

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