serval
pronunciation
How to pronounce serval in British English:
UK ['sɜ:vl]
How to pronounce serval in American English:
US ['sɜvəl]
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- Noun:
- slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat
Word Origin
- serval (n.)
- 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 a stag," from cervus "stag," from PIE *ker-wo- "having horns," suffixed form of root *ker- (1) "horn, head" (see horn (n.)).
Example
- 1. I was honored as a " three virtues " in university serval times .
- 2. Savannah cats are a mix of a domesticated cat and an african serval .
- 3. Whether it 's a smallish serval or king-sized lion , an exotic pet cat demands extraordinary care and attention .
- 4. There are serval sections of the great wall regularly visited by modern tourists today .
- 5. A serval televisions and newspapers reported the movie star and his fans with a lot of pictures .