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jackal noun & verb. E17.

A. noun.
Any of several wild omnivorous doglike mammals of the genus Canis, of Africa and S. Eurasia, which have erect ears and a bushy tail and hunt in packs as foragers; spec. (more fully golden jackal, common jackal) C. aureus. E17.
saddleback jackal: see SADDLEBACK noun 2.
fig. A person who acts like a jackal, esp. one who serves or does subordinate preparatory work or drudgery for another. L17.
M. C. Clarke [Richard's]..ingratitude towards his jackal, Buckingham, who wrought hard to help him to his bad eminence.
b. verb intrans. Do subordinate work or drudgery. E20.