serval

a serval at a zoo in Queensland, Australia

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

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

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