Meanings (ES + gloss)
chacal
Any of certain wild canids of the genera Lupulella and Canis, native to the tropical Old World and smaller than a wolf.
In passing, it also mentions how the jackal and the tiger acquired their reddish spots. All of the animals referred to, except the deer, have tricksterlike personalities, both in t…
Until recently, scientists thought Ethiopian wolves were a type of jackal. They gave Ethiopian wolves names like Semien jackal, Simenian jackal, or Ethiopian jackal.
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