1. Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair
   - Canis aureus

Derived forms: jackals

Type of: canid, canine

Part of: Canis, genus Canis

Encyclopedia: Jackal

• color scheme
• color sergeant
• color spectrum
• color television
• color television system
• color television tube
• color tube
• color TV
• color TV tube
• color vision
• color vision deficiency
• color wash
• color wheel
• color-blind
• color-blind person
• color-magnitude diagram
• Coloradan
• coloradillo
• Colorado
• Colorado beetle
• Colorado blue spruce
• Colorado Desert
• Colorado fir
• Colorado four o'clock
• Colorado Plateau