HyperDic: jackal

English > 1 sense of the word *jackal*:
NOUN	animal	jackal, Canis aureus	Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog

jackal > pronunciation
Sounds	jhae'kahl
Rhymes	abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...

English > *jackal*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair.
Synonym	Canis aureus
Member of	Canis, genus Canis	type genus of the Canidae
Broader	canine, canid	Any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
Spanish	chacal
Catalan	xacal