Jackal

Noun

 * 1) Any of several wild canine species, native to the tropical Old World, smaller than a wolf.
 * 2) A person who performs menial/routine tasks, dogsbody
 * 3)  A person who behaves in an opportunistic way; especially a base collaborator.
 * 4)  A jack (the playing card.)

Hyponyms

 * Black-backed Jackal
 * Cape Jackal
 * East African Jackal
 * Golden Jackal
 * Side-striped Jackal

Hypernyms

 * canid

Related terms

 * American Jackal the coyote
 * Simian Jackal the Ethiopian Wolf

Verb

 * 1) To perform menial or routine tasks

Thesaurus
African hunting dog, Cape hunting dog, adherent, apple-polisher, ass-licker, backscratcher, backslapper, bootlick, bootlicker, brown-nose, brownie, brush wolf, clawback, courtier, coyote, creature, cringer, dingo, disciple, dummy, dupe, fawner, figurehead, flatterer, flunky, follower, footlicker, fox, gillie, goon, groveler, handshaker, hanger-on, helot, henchman, hyena, instrument, kowtower, lackey, led captain, lickspit, lickspittle, lobo, man, mealymouth, medicine wolf, minion, myrmidon, peon, prairie wolf, puppet, reynard, satellite, serf, slave, spaniel, stooge, suck, sycophant, thug, timber wolf, timeserver, toad, toady, tool, truckler, tufthunter, votary, wolf, yes-man

Pronunciation

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