Any of certain wild canids of the genera and , native to the tropical Old World and smaller than a wolf.
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A person who performs menial or routine tasks; a dogsbody.
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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(derogatory) A person who behaves in an opportunistic way; especially a base collaborator.
As we will see, the jackal is usually associated in the Indic context with death and impurity, and would therefore sit squarely at the bottom of Dumont's social hierarchy.
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