2. Verb. (third-person singular of jackal) ¹
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Definition of Jackals
1. jackal [n] - See also: jackal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jackals
Literary usage of Jackals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1899)
"... owing, on the one hand, to the close similarity of the skulls of extinct as
well as living wolves and jackals, and owing, on the other hand, to 1 Owen, ..."
2. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"... by "jackals That which cannot be effected by force may be achieved by cunning.
An elephant was killed by a jackal, through going over a swampy place. ..."
3. Raemaekers' Cartoons: With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers by Louis Raemaekers (1916)
"This picture of Belgium and its jackals is doubtless only too true. Mr. Raemakers and
the Dutch have better means of knowing than we. ..."
4. Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, by Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1841)
"Foxes and jackals are very common in Egypt. They are inferior in size to the ...
Every evening, about sunset, the jackals issue from their caves or ..."
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