serval

ser·val  (sûrvl, sr-vl)

n.

A long-legged wildcat (Felis serval) of Africa, having a tawny coat with black spots and large erect ears without tufts.

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[French, from Portuguese (lobo) cerval, deerlike (wolf), lynx, from Late Latin cervlis, from Latin cervus, deer; see ker-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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serval

Noun

a slender African wild cat with black-spotted tawny fur

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

serval - slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat Felis serval Felis, genus Felis - type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats wildcat - any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild