Definitions for servals

servals ser·val

Spelling: [sur-vuh l]
IPA: /ˈsɜr vəl/

Servals is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 187 anagrams from letters in servals (aelrssv).

Definitions for servals

noun

  1. a long-limbed, nocturnal African cat, Felis serval, about the size of a bobcat, having a tawny coat spotted with black: now rare in many former habitats.

Origin of servals

1765-75; New Latin Portuguese (lobo) cerval lynx, literally, staglike (wolf) Late Latin cervālis deerlike, equivalent to Latin cerv(us) stag + -ālis -al1

Examples for servals

The serval is a spotted cat—black upon a pale-yellowish ground—and considerably larger than the domestic species.

Till one day there came a leopard and fought with the serval and killed him.

Among them was that of a leopard, an ant bear, and a serval cat.

So she came down to the shore, and there she met a serval, who was hunting the crabs of the shore.

So Paka ate of the crabs, and she followed the serval many days.

With a convulsive wriggle the serval made a last attempt to bury its fangs in its victim's neck.

Word Value for servals
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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