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noun, masculine

serval

/sɛʁ.val/

noun, masculine/sɛʁ.val/plural: servaux

serval

Borrowed from Portuguese (lobo) cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus cervārius (literally “stag wolf”), i.e. "wolf that hunts stags", from cervus (“deer, stag”).

serval — French Dictionary | Passage