Jackal [noun]

Their deeper recesses were given up to owls and bats, and nearer the entrance the prowling fox or jackal found a covert.

Had he not heard the cry of the "jackal in the desert," so much in keeping with the burning temperature out of doors?

The Snake submitted to the test, and when she was covered by the stone the Jackal advised the Man to go away and leave her.

But the Man proposed to consult other wise people before being bit, and after a while they met the Jackal.

In another Kaffir story, the Jackal runs into a hole under a tree, but the Lion catches him by the tail.

I said, recalling the little jackal-like creatures, of which I had seen one or two that had been shot by Morgan.

Then, having hurriedly completed its drink, the jackal made for dark cover as last as its legs could carry it.

How many delicious morsels I should miss if it were not for thy care, O most excellent jackal!

The lion, having sucked the blood of his prey, threw the offal carcass to the jackal in waiting.

It was a small species, apparently akin to the jackal and of southeastern origin.