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Serval definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SER'VAL, n. An animal of the feline genus, resembling the lynx in form and size, and the panther in spots; a native of Malabar.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat [syn: serval, Felis serval]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, from Portuguese lobo cerval lynx, from Medieval Latin lupus cervalis, literally, deerlike wolf Date: 1771 a long-legged African wildcat (Felis serval) having large ears and a tawny black-spotted coat

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a tawny black-spotted long-legged African cat, Felis serval. Etymology: F f. Port. cerval deerlike f. cervo deer f. L cervus

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Serval Ser"val, n. [Cf. F. serval.] (Zo["o]l.) An African wild cat (Felis serval) of moderate size. 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 on the tail.