jack‧al /ˈdʒækɔːl, -k
əl $ -k
əl/
noun [countable][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Turkish;
Origin: çakal, from Persian shagal, from Sanskrit srgala]
a wild animal like a dog that lives in Asia and Africa and eats the remaining parts of dead animals
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