mierkat

Questions about mierkat

What does mierkat mean?

mierkat means "a mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes".

How many syllables are in mierkat?

mierkat has 2 syllables and divides as mier-kat under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for mierkat?

Close synonyms include meerkat. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mierkat a common word?

mierkat is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.