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- noun Plural form of
jackal . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
jackal .
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Examples
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For example, horses, zebras and donkeys descended from an equine "kind," dogs, wolves, coyotes and jackals from a canine "kind," and cattle, bison and water buffalos from a cattle "kind."
19th Century Evangelical Scholars, Old Earth and Evolution 2010
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Ecuador have reason to fear, well, who you call the jackals?
WN.com - Articles related to Venezuela importers: Chavez strangling business 2010
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Chavez of Venezuela, Evo Morales of Bolivia, Correa of Ecuador have reason to fear, well, who you call the jackals?
WN.com - Articles related to Venezuela importers: Chavez strangling business 2010
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Reporters are acting like "jackals" - "Is TV not feeding off the remains of Sheen's celebrity carcass?"
Danny Groner: Has the Media Been Fair to Charlie Sheen? Danny Groner 2011
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Reporters are acting like "jackals" - "Is TV not feeding off the remains of Sheen's celebrity carcass?"
Danny Groner: Has the Media Been Fair to Charlie Sheen? Danny Groner 2011
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Reporters are acting like "jackals" - "Is TV not feeding off the remains of Sheen's celebrity carcass?"
Danny Groner: Has the Media Been Fair to Charlie Sheen? Danny Groner 2011
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Reporters are acting like "jackals" - "Is TV not feeding off the remains of Sheen's celebrity carcass?"
Danny Groner: Has the Media Been Fair to Charlie Sheen? Danny Groner 2011
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The jackals were the most troublesome, and the hyenas, and, of course, there was always man.
Child of the Desert Megan Arkenberg 2009
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The jackals were the most troublesome, and the hyenas, and, of course, there was always man.
Archive 2009-03-01 Megan Arkenberg 2009
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But unless the lion and the tiger are very watchful, the thieves of the jungle often steal their dinner; that is, the jackals and the hyenas smell the flesh, and uncover it and eat it up.
The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two Sarath Kumar Ghosh
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