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Definition of Serval

1. Noun. Slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat.

Definition of Serval

1. n. 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.

Definition of Serval

1. Noun. A medium-sized African wild cat. Scientific name: ''Leptailurus serval'' or ''Felis serval''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Serval

1. an African wildcat [n -S]

Medical Definition of Serval

1. An African wild cat (Felis serval) of moderate size. It has rather long legs and a tail of moderate length. Its colour is tawny, with black spots on the body and rings of black on the tail. Origin: Cf. F. Serval. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Serval

Literary usage of Serval

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Natural History of the Felinæ.: Illustrated by Thirty-eight [i.e. 37 by William Jardine (1834)
"THE length of Frederic Cuvier's serval, exclusive of the tail, is 1 foot 11£ inches, that of the tail 9 inches; when standing erect, it is about 12 inches ..."

2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"serval (felis serrai, Linn.), a carnivorous animal of the cat family, a native of southern Africa. It is about 4 ft. long, of which tho tail is 15 in. ..."

3. The Uganda Protectorate: An Attempt to Give Some Description of the Physical by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1902)
"The serval cat is extremely abundant in this Protectorate up to the ... In some districts only young men of royal blood are allowed to wear the serval skin. ..."

4. The Cat: An Introduction to the Study of Backboned Animals, Especially Mammals by St. George Jackson Mivart (1881)
"Mr. Elliot identifies this in liis Monograph with the serval, but in tins I cannot at all agree with him. J Gray, Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist, vol. x., p. ..."

5. Annual Report of the New York Zoological Society by New York Zoological Society (1905)
"serval power will be provided for general purposes, both in the shops and the barn. The plant which will thus be secured will represent a considerable ..."

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