meerkitten

Etymology
Formed by the compounding of (the first element of ) with. The analysis of the element of  as  is supported by ’s ultimate derivation from the, believed to have been formed from  +.

Noun

 * 1)  An infant or juvenile meerkat.
 * 2) * ibidem, page 276:
 * I woke up at dawn covered from head to toe in a living fur blanket. Some meerkittens had discovered the warmer parts of my body.
 * I woke up at dawn covered from head to toe in a living fur blanket. Some meerkittens had discovered the warmer parts of my body.