mercat

plural mercats

1. obsoleteMarket; trade.

   December 22 1678, Thomas Sprat, A Sermon Preached before the King at White-Hall With irresistible majesty and authority our Saviour removed the exchange, and drove the mercat out of the temple.

plural mercats

1. obsoleteObsolete form of meerkat.

plural mercats

1. A mermaid cat.

   Madeline lived in a conch shell with her merdog called Byron and her mercat called Bella.

   1995, Anna Fienberg, “The Mermaid with Wild Yellow Hair”, in Madeline the Mermaid, Allen & Unwin, published 2010, →ISBN, page 1

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   You can also open this project up to encompass other mercreatures, such as merdogs, mercats, or merdeer.

   1992, Aurelia Gomez, “Papier-mâché Mermaids”, in Crafts of Many Cultures: 30 Authentic Craft Projects from Around the World, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 22

   ‘To be honest, being a mercat – even a royal one – isn’t my thing. Cat and fish don’t mix. I keep wanting to eat my own fish tail. It’s very tiresome!’

   2012, Richard Dungworth, “Mercats and Hairbrushes”, in Mrs Greene, Mermaid Queen, Ladybird Books, →ISBN

   ‘The mercats like the mulch!’ one of the little mermaids said, as the whole lot of them wriggled out of the seaweed basket and dived into the stuff.

   2018, Sibéal Pounder, “Hilma on the Chomp”, in Bad Mermaids: On the Rocks, Bloomsbury, →ISBN