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serval

ser·val

UK/ˈsɜːvəl/ US/ˈsɝvəl/ uncommon

noun

1.

slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat

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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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