Usually means: Carnivorous wild dog, scavenger behavior.
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  1. jackal: Merriam-Webster
  2. jackal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. jackal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. jackal: Collins English Dictionary
  5. jackal: Vocabulary.com
  6. Jackal, jackal: Wordnik
  7. jackal: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. jackal: Wiktionary
  9. jackal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. jackal: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. jackal: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Jackal, jackal: Dictionary.com
  13. jackal: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. jackal: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  16. Jackal: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. jackal: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. jackal: Rhymezone
  19. Jackal: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. jackal: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Jackal: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. jackal: FreeDictionary.org
  23. jackal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. jackal: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. jackal: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  26. jackal: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. jackal: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Any of certain wild canids of the genera Lupulella and Canis, native to the tropical Old World and smaller than a wolf.
noun:  A person who performs menial or routine tasks; a dogsbody.
noun:  (derogatory) A person who behaves in an opportunistic way; especially a base collaborator.
noun:  (slang, rare) A jack (the playing card).
noun:  (rugby union) A player who steals the ball at the tackle.
verb:  To perform menial or routine tasks

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