Detailed description and alternate definitions of the word 'jackal':
of Africa and southern Asia that are mainly foragers feeding on plants, small animals, and occasionally carrion.
Any of several doglike mammals of the genus
An accomplice or a lackey who aids in the commission of base or disreputable acts.
One who performs menial tasks for another.
Synonyms of word 'jackal' :
Canis aureus
Usage of the word 'jackal' in Sentences :
jackal posted on: 9th July 2005, 5:00pm Old School!
jackal buzzard.
Black backed jackals are killed by farmers in order to protect their livestock, as they are known to attack lambs and sheep.
The study was carried out on a group of five black-backed jackals over a five week study period.
jackal headed God Anubis.
jackal god and supervisor of mummification and guardian of the desert cemeteries.
It's a pack of golden jackals - more gray than golden and bigger than foxes - that are a common sight here.
We again saw the jackal we had seen coming to the pool to drink the previous evening.
jackal population on the Skeleton Coast.
Three dosage levels were used on black backed and side striped jackals.
After about an hour we had a friendly black-backed jackal running alongside the car for a good 5 minutes.
jackal head Did you perhaps eat them in a feeding frenzy?
Usage of the word 'jackal' in popular media :
Washington Post —
“because this administration does not want to do what its predecessors did -- exercise the security council veto to shield israel from one-sided resolutions seeking to isolate the jewish state in the international community -- it instead has offered to join the pack of
jackals that seek, at best, to extract concessions and impose a deal on israel and, at worst, delegitimize israel.....
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“"let these
jackals leave this country," the preacher, who uses only one name, declared of foreign troops. ....
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“the u.s. representative, while reluctantly casting a veto, joined the pack of
jackals that seek to make israel the culprit for all that ills the middle east.....
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Wall Street Journal —
“the cast is headed by lambert wilson and michael lonsdale, two french stars who are well known to american audiencesæ’??the former for his villainy as the merovingian in the "matrix" series, the latter for his perspicacity as the police inspector in "the day of the
jackal," as well as for scores of distinctive roles in such films as "munich," "ronin" and "moonraker."....
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“among foreign language films, "carlos" æ’?? french director olivier assayas's 5 1/2-hour-look at the life of the global terrorist dubbed "carlos the
jackal" æ’?? was voted best.....
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“ it scores way above the #2 ranked film æ’??carlos,æ’?â� a 5?â« hour biopic about the venezuelan terrorist known as carlos the
jackal by french director olivier assayas. ....
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“it's safe to say that mr. graves has killed more enemy in two months in country than most soldiers ever will, from indian crested porcupines and golden
jackals to gray dwarf hamsters and libyan jirds, a sort of giant gerbil....
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