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No more than moggy, do we hear? It’s a type of mongoose (7)

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meerkat

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(Other definitions for meerkat that I've seen before include "Strange tee mark made by the four-toed animal" , "Small southern African mammal" , "S. African animal" , "Rake met (anag) - type of mongoose" , "Small southern African mongoose" .)

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