serval

Meaning

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

Synonyms

Felis serval

Translations

serval

Felis serval

بج

Leptailurus serval

Felis serval

αφρικανικός αίλουρος

leptailurus serval

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsɜːvəl/
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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