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The English word "jackal" dates back to 1600 and derives from the French chacal, itself from Turkish çakal, itself from Persian شغال shaghāl, from or cognate with Sanskrit शृगाल śṛgāla-meaning "the howler". [1] [2]
Certain words in the English language represent animal sounds: the noises and vocalizations of particular animals, especially noises used by animals for communication. The words can be used as verbs or interjections in addition to nouns, and many of them are also specifically onomatopoeic.
The European jackal (Canis aureus moreoticus) is a subspecies of the golden jackal present in Anatolia, the Caucasus, and Southeast Europe. [ 4 ] [ 2 ] It was first described by French naturalist Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire during the Morea expedition . [ 3 ]
The jackal-sized Eucyon existed in North America from 10 million YBP and by the Early Pliocene about 6-5 million YBP the coyote-like Eucyon davisi [13] invaded Eurasia. The canids that had emigrated from North America to Eurasia – Eucyon , Vulpes , and Nyctereutes – were small to medium-sized predators during the Late Miocene and Early ...
Jackal (DC Comics) a terrorist in the DC Comics universe; Damian Spinelli or The Jackal, in the television series General Hospital; Dr. Jackal or Kuroudou Akabane, in the manga and anime series GetBackers; Jackal, a species of extraterrestrial reptiles from the Halo video games; Red Jackal, a character from the G.I. Joe comics
Anubis as a jackal perched atop a tomb, symbolizing his protection of the necropolis "Anubis" is a Greek rendering of this god's Egyptian name. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Before the Greeks arrived in Egypt , around the 7th century BC, the god was known as Anpu or Inpu.
The Tiger, the Brahmin and the Jackal is a popular Indian folklore with a long history and many variants. The earliest record of the folklore was included in the Panchatantra , which dates the story between 200 BCE and 300 CE.
The characteristic of cynocephaly, or cynocephalus (/ s aɪ n oʊ ˈ s ɛ f ə l i /), having the head of a canid, typically that of a dog or jackal, is a widely attested mythical phenomenon existing in many different forms and contexts. The literal meaning of cynocephaly is