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单词 serval
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Definition of serval in English:

serval

nounˈsəːv(ə)l
  • A slender African wild cat with long legs, large ears, and a black-spotted orange-brown coat.

    薮猫

    Felis serval, family Felidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For those who have never seen a serval, you can describe it as looking like a small cheetah.
    • They were quickly followed by three Asian species (bay cat, marbled cat, and Asian golden cat) and three African species (caracal, serval, and African golden cat).
    • In East Africa small cats include wild cats, sand and serval cats.
    • On a night drive near Mwambashi Camp, in the Lower Zambesi National Park, on our final evening we also spotlight a leopard, several smaller cats (servals and civets), zebra and a white-tailed mongoose.
    • I seen a serval only once near Satara on the main road to Orpen, on a night drive.
    • Among prey of servals studied in South Africa's Kamberg Nature Reserve, 80 percent was made up of rodents weighing little more than one ounce.
    • There are three types of African Sachal, spotted hyena and a myriad of small predators such as the aard-wolf and the beautiful serval cat.
    • Over the years, we had filmed cheetahs, lions, leopards, African wildcats and servals (for the first ever film of them) but never caracals.
    • A large spotted cat, possibly a serval, was seen close to railway lines at Ladycross near Brockenhurst.

Origin

Late 18th century: from French, from Portuguese cerval 'deer-like', from cervo 'deer', from Latin cervus.

Definition of serval in US English:

serval

noun
  • A slender African wildcat with long legs, large ears, and a black-spotted orange-brown coat.

    薮猫

    Felis serval, family Felidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Over the years, we had filmed cheetahs, lions, leopards, African wildcats and servals (for the first ever film of them) but never caracals.
    • In East Africa small cats include wild cats, sand and serval cats.
    • Among prey of servals studied in South Africa's Kamberg Nature Reserve, 80 percent was made up of rodents weighing little more than one ounce.
    • For those who have never seen a serval, you can describe it as looking like a small cheetah.
    • I seen a serval only once near Satara on the main road to Orpen, on a night drive.
    • There are three types of African Sachal, spotted hyena and a myriad of small predators such as the aard-wolf and the beautiful serval cat.
    • They were quickly followed by three Asian species (bay cat, marbled cat, and Asian golden cat) and three African species (caracal, serval, and African golden cat).
    • On a night drive near Mwambashi Camp, in the Lower Zambesi National Park, on our final evening we also spotlight a leopard, several smaller cats (servals and civets), zebra and a white-tailed mongoose.
    • A large spotted cat, possibly a serval, was seen close to railway lines at Ladycross near Brockenhurst.

Origin

Late 18th century: from French, from Portuguese cerval ‘deerlike’, from cervo ‘deer’, from Latin cervus.

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