jackal
/ˈdʒækɔːl/noun
1- a slender long-legged wild dog that feeds on carrion, game, and fruit and often hunts cooperatively, found in Africa and southern Asia豺, 胡狼。
1.1
- Genus Canis, family Canidae: four species犬属, 犬科：四种。参见GOLDEN JACKAL.
词源
early 17th cent.: from Turkish çakal, from Persian šagāl. The change in the first syllable was due to association with JACK1.