jackal
noun/ˈdʒækl/, /ˈdʒækɔːl/
/ˈdʒækl/, /ˈdʒækɔːl/
- a wild animal like a dog, that eats the meat of animals that are already dead and lives in Africa and AsiaTopics Animalsc2Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Turkish çakal, from Persian šagāl. The change in the first syllable was due to association with jack.
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