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