jackal

1. 1.

   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

   SynonymsCanis aureus

   Broadercanine

   Part ofCanis

Other forms of jackal

plural

jackals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about jackal

What does jackal mean?

jackal means "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".

How many syllables are in jackal?

jackal has 2 syllables: jac-kal. The stress falls on "jac". In IPA it is /ˈdʒækəl/.

What is another word for jackal?

Close synonyms include Canis aureus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jackal a common word?

jackal is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.