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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun serval has 1 sense
- serval(n = noun.animal) felis serval - slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat; Array is a member of felis, genus felis
is a kind of wildcat
CIDE DICTIONARY
serval, n. [Cf. F. serval.].
An African wild cat (Felis serval ) of moderate size; -- called also serval cat . It has rather long legs and a tail of moderate length. Its color is tawny, with black spots on the body and rings of black on the tail. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
serval, n. a tawny black-spotted long-legged African cat, Felis serval.
Etymology
F f. Port. cerval deerlike f. cervo deer f. L cervus
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