Etymology points to the latter though:
from Middle Dutch meercatte (literally “sea cat”)
Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven /
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2024-06-28 06:17:41
in reply to nevent1q…z9tq
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2024-06-28 06:17:41Event JSON
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