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meerkat

Portuguese translation: suricato


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English term or phrase:meerkat
Portuguese translation:suricato
Entered by: Carlos Angelo
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13:32 Mar 1, 2006
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Science - Zoology
English term or phrase: meerkat
Mangusto ou Suricato?

Obrigada.
marinacast
Local time: 17:16
suricato
Explanation:
* Do Webster's:
meerkat - suricate.

* Do Michaelis:
mangusto - mongoose.

* Do Houaiss:
suricato - pequeno mamífero africano (Suricata suricatta), da fam. dos viverrídeos, de corpo esguio, cauda longa, pelagem cinza no dorso e esbranquiçada na cabeça e partes inferiores [Vive em grupos de até 15 indivíduos, e alimenta-se esp. de insetos.]
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Carlos Angelo
Brazil
Local time: 17:16
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4 +7suricatoCarlos Angelo
5manguçoxxxPuro Lusitan
3suricatohirselina


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
suricato


Explanation:
* Do Webster's:
meerkat - suricate.

* Do Michaelis:
mangusto - mongoose.

* Do Houaiss:
suricato - pequeno mamífero africano (Suricata suricatta), da fam. dos viverrídeos, de corpo esguio, cauda longa, pelagem cinza no dorso e esbranquiçada na cabeça e partes inferiores [Vive em grupos de até 15 indivíduos, e alimenta-se esp. de insetos.]

Carlos Angelo
Brazil
Local time: 17:16
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 19
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Emilie: Encontrei SURICATA. http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suricata
3 mins

agree  María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda
11 mins

agree  oxygen4u: :) Tb suricate www.saudeanimal.com.br/c403.htm -
44 mins

agree  Marco Schaumloeffel
1 hr

agree  Fernando Domeniconi
1 hr

agree  Elza Santos
2 hrs

agree  hirselina: It takes ages before answers appear!
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
suricato


Explanation:
"A meerkat is not a cat, but is a suricate, a member of the mongoose family. (The name meerkat is the general Afrikaans term for mongoose.). "

hirselina
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
manguço


Explanation:
Em Moçambique este animal é conhecido por "manguço", mas admito que tenha outros nomes.

xxxPuro Lusitan
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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Mar 2, 2006 - Changes made by Carlos Angelo:
Field (specific)Science (general) => Zoology


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