Over time, the best hybrids might have been much more wolf than jackal overall while retaining certain jackal behavioral characteristic. From Wordnik.com. [Controversial origins of the domestic dog] Reference
People need government to work for them, and this jackal is pleased that he and his party have been able to halt operations and progress. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Coburn: ‘I love gridlock’ because it means ‘we’re not passing things.’] Reference
Hamadan, and the jackal, which is found everywhere. From Wordnik.com. [The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.] Reference
“Sha’arhar” is the jackal from the Pehlevi Shagál or Shaghál. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
He had been called a jackal by the papers -- but here were two who bore a clearer title to the name!. From Wordnik.com. [The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale] Reference
Lower down a crocodile was lying on the bank sunning itself "Pull me out, pull me out!" called the jackal. From Wordnik.com. [Folklore of the Santal Parganas] Reference
Fritz laughed at the learned professor, who knew the agouti immediately, and now called a jackal a golden fox!. From Wordnik.com. [The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island] Reference
The jackal is a social kind of dog, and a pack of hungry or excited jackals can howl in notes fit to pierce the ears of the deafest. From Wordnik.com. [Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men.] Reference
‘Don’t be long, then,’ called the jackal, as the hedgehog hurried off at his best pace. From Wordnik.com. [The Orange Fairy Book] Reference
"Just to show you the kind of jackal we have to deal with in the smaller towns," he said, by way of explanation. From Wordnik.com. [The Grafters] Reference
All I had really wished was a note conceived in the same spirit as that in which he withdrew the 'jackal' because it gave offence. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2] Reference
"I see now that at least one Tartar is a lying jackal.". From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
The thieves of the jungle are the jackal and the hyena. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two] Reference
"Oh, I am almost dead with hunger," replied the jackal. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
"Why don't you eat it yourself?" inquired the jackal. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
And yet the jackal and this wreckage had not touched her. From Wordnik.com. [The Sleuth of St. James's Square] Reference
"Any fool jackal would smell 'em," he declared emphatically. From Wordnik.com. [The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series] Reference
"But when am I going to have my holiday?" asked the jackal. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
Moria (a peacock), Laraiya (a jackal), Khatkira (a bug), Sugaria. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
The moon rose -- a jackal crossed a field within a few yards of us. From Wordnik.com. [Byeways in Palestine] Reference
Gidhwe, a vulture; Kolhe, or jackal; Gadhekhaya, a donkey-eater; and. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
She lifts the veil that her sister may witness the circumcision of the jackal. From Wordnik.com. [THE BOOK OF SUCH ~ a suite of poems] Reference
You know they belong to the dog family, just as the wolf and jackal and hyena do. From Wordnik.com. [The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats] Reference
Can you actually heed anything said to you by the jackal who endures your blackmail?. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
Hardly had the jackal seized the mutton when the trap sprung and caught him by the neck. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
While the following are totemistic groups: Katara (dagger), Kulha (jackal), Bandrele (monkey). From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
Or we would see in the distance a hyena or jackal prowling about in search of more recent dead. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878] Reference
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