Serval

Morpheme

Serval

Type

free base

Denotation

medium-sized wild cat with the largest ears relative to body size of all cats native to sub-Saharan Africa; literally stag wolf, red deer, stag, elk

Etymology

French serval; Portuguese (lobo) cerval; Latin (lupus) cervārius, from cervus

Evidence

serval, servaline, servals

See Also

Cerv