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serval definition

ser·val (sʉr′vəl)

noun pl. servals -·vals or serval -·val

an African wildcat (Leptailurus serval) with a black-spotted, tawny coat, long legs, and no ear tufts

Etymology: Fr < Port (lobo) cerval < L (lupus) cervarius, lynx, lit., deer wolf: see wolf & cervine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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