jackal

I suppose she is referring to an alley cat or perhaps a jackal.

The kibbutz had a local pub, but there was little else to do at night other than stargaze and listen to jackals howling in the desert.

Two rucks later he is in trying to jackal for the ball as a full-back because he is annoyed he hasn't caught that kick.

England's back row of Ben Earl, Tom Curry and Ben Curry posed a significant jackal threat, spreading across the width of the pitch, meaning one was always on hand to disrupt the breakdown.

Dead animals littered the side of the road; deer, raccoons, something that looked like a purple jackal, a Chupacabra or two, what looked like a werewolf, and at least one low-flying turkey vulture.