serval

Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːvəl/

The English word “serval” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

A medium-sized African wild cat, Leptailurus serval, formerly Felis serval.

Etymology

From French serval, from Portuguese (lobo) cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus cervārius (literally “stag wolf”), i.e. "wolf that hunts stags", from cervus (“deer, stag”).

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