meerkitten

Meaning

Noun

An infant or juvenile meerkat.

Origin

Formed by the compounding of meer- (the first element of meerkat) with kitten. The analysis of the -kat element of meerkat as cat is supported by meerkat’s ultimate derivation from the Middle Dutch meercatte, believed to have been formed from mere + catte.

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