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| jack·al [ ják'l ] (plural jack·als or jack·al) |
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1. wild animal resembling dog: a wild animal resembling a dog, with long legs, large ears, and a bushy tail, that often hunts in packs and feeds on small game, fruit, and the carcasses of dead animals. Native to: Africa, South Asia. Genus Canis.
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2. swindler: somebody who works with accomplices to deceive people, especially to swindle them
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| [Early 17th century. Via Turkish< Persian šagāl] |
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