zenick
(ˈziːnɪk)
Also zenik.
[a. F. zénik (Sonnerat Voy. aux Indes Orientales, 1806).]
The African suricate, Suricata suricatta. = meerkat 2 b, suricate.
| 1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. S. Afr. I. iii. 231 Others of this genus [sc. Viverra] are the muskiliatte cat, or zenik,..the tigrina [etc.]. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 764. 1875 Buckland Log-Bk. 96. |