serval

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
11
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈsɜːvəl/(UK)
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/ˈsɜːvəl/(UK) · /ˈsɝvəl/(US)

Definition of serval

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A medium-sized African wild cat, Leptailurus serval, formerly Felis serval.

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Etymology

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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