caraval

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noun

A hybrid of a male caracal and a female serval.

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Meanings

caraval1

nouncaraval (plural caravals)

plural caravals

  1. A hybrid of a male caracal and a female serval.

caraval2

nouncaraval (plural caravals)

plural caravals

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of caravel.
    1 more example

    [T]he governor of Hiſpaniola was afraid that if the admiral returned to Spain, Their Catholic Majeſties would reſtore him to his government, and ſo he ſhould be forced to quit it; for which reaſon he would not provide, as he might have done, for the admiral's voyage to Hiſpaniola; and therefore had ſent that little caraval to ſpy and obſerve the condition the admiral was in, and to know whether he could contrive with ſafety to have him deſtroyed, […]

    1812, John Pinkerton, “Of Another Mutiny among Those that Remained with the Admiral, which was Quelled by the Coming of a Vessel from Hispaniola”, in A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World; […], volume XII, London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Cadell and Davies, […], →OCLC, page 150

Origin

Blend of caracal + serval.

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APA

caraval. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caraval

MLA

“caraval.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caraval. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caraval,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caraval.

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