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s | jackal |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun jackal is

any of several wild canine species, native to the tropical old world, smaller than a wolf.

As a verb jackal is

to perform menial or routine tasks.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    jackal

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several wild canine species, native to the tropical Old World, smaller than a wolf.
  • A person who performs menial/routine tasks, dogsbody
  • (pejorative) A person who behaves in an opportunistic way; especially a base collaborator.
  • (slang, rare) 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)

    See also

    *

    References

    * Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

    Verb

  • To perform menial or routine tasks
  • * 1800 , Pamphlets on British Taxation [http://books.google.com/books?id=XB8JAQAAIAAJ]:
    • They have jackalled for the great beast, to pick in turns the bones of each other; they have subserved those above, to oppress and defraud those below; and they are suffering, and, so far as classes can, justly suffering their purgation.