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