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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Turkish
Origin: çakal, from Persian shagal, from Sanskrit srgala

jackal

 noun
     
Related topics: Animals
jack‧al [countable]
HBA a wild animal like a dog that lives in Asia and Africa and eats the remaining parts of dead animals
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