meerkat

[ meer-kat ]

noun

1. suricate.

meerkat

/ ˈmɪəˌkæt /

noun

1. any of several South African mongooses, esp Suricata suricatta ( slender-tailed meerkat or suricate ), which has a lemur-like face and four-toed feet

Word History and Origins

Origin of meerkat¹

Dutch: literally, monkey, apparently equivalent to meer ( mere ² ) + kat cat

Word History and Origins

Origin of meerkat¹

C19: from Dutch: sea-cat

Example Sentences

Lead author Dr Manisha Caleb from the University of Sydney Institute for Astronomy, said: "What is intriguing is how this object displays three distinct emission states, each with properties entirely dissimilar from the others. The MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa played a crucial role in distinguishing between these states. If the signals didn't arise from the same point in the sky, we would not have believed it to be the same object producing these different signals."

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"When one meerkat calls, a neighbour is likely to reply," he adds.

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Dr Glowacki said this was a great example of how fantastic an instrument like MeerKAT is for finding the star-forming gas in galaxies.

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"By implementing different techniques for finding galaxies, which are used for other MeerKAT surveys, we were able to detect all of these galaxies and reveal their gas content."

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Professor Ed Elson, from the University of the Western Cape and a co-author of the paper, said, "This discovery highlights the raw power of the MeerKAT telescope as an imaging instrument. The methods we developed and implemented to study the 49ers will be useful for MeerKAT large science surveys, and smaller observing campaigns such as ours."

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