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Spotted wildcat
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serval
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Wikipedia
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The serval ( Leptailurus serval ), also known as the tierboskat , is a wild cat found in Africa. The sole member of the genus Leptailurus , it was first described by German naturalist Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber in 1776. Eighteen subspecies are ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
African wild cat, 1771, from Modern Latin serval , French serval (Buffon, 1765), from Portuguese (lobo) cerval "lynx," from Latin lupus cervarius (source of French loup cervier ) "lynx," literally "wolf that hunts the stag," from cervarius "pertaining to ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Serval \Ser"val\, n. [Cf. F. serval.] (Zo["o]l.) 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 ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat [syn: Felis serval ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A medium-sized African wild cat, (taxlink Leptailurus serval species noshow=1), formerly ''Felis serval''.
Usage examples of serval.
Virtually all wild and exotic cats, including ocelots, margay, serval, cougar, and bobcat, can turn vicious as they age.
Virtually all wild and exotic cats, including ocelot, margay, serval, cougar, and bobcat, can turn vicious as they age.
The Weezwart crowded the stone tongue and shouted at the sailors and showed them jars of dhiz, and of laburnum, singing birds in wooden cages, monkeys and servals on the end of leashes, artifacts from hidden and ruined cities in the jungle, bags and purses made from the pebbly hides of the river saurians, and cloaks from tigers and leopards.