0 a wild animal like a dog that lives in Africa and southern Asia and eats animals that have died or been killed by others --
1 any of several types of wild dog of Asia and Africa that hunt and travel in groups --
He is not feeding the tiger, but throwing horsemeat to the jackal.
Be it noted that the tiger is sometimes not above taking the advice of his humble follower the jackal.
Instead, he has come along today like a jackal or a vulture to hover over the present crisis.
Others are the coyote, the dingo, the jackal, the wolf, the fox and the dhole.
The professional assassin—the jackal—is, above all, a calculator.
A few goats, still miraculously alive despite jackals, were roaming on the steep hillside.
I very much doubt whether you can buy off the wolves by placating the jackals.
He was in an awkward spot and the jackals gathered around.
