jackal
Any of certain wild canids of the genera Lupulella and Canis, native to the tropical Old World and smaller than a wolf.
Other meanings
A person who performs menial or routine tasks; a dogsbody.
A player who steals the ball at the tackle.
A kind of
- canine
Kinds of jackal
- golden jackal
- grey jackal
- black-backed jackal
- side-striped jackal
Example sentences
Word history
From Sanskrit "शृगाल".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “jackal” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.