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jacal

noun ja·cal \hə-ˈkäl\
plural ja·ca·les \-ˈkä-(ˌ)lās\ also ja·cals

Definition of JACAL

:  a hut in Mexico and southwestern United States with a thatched roof and walls made of upright poles or sticks covered and chinked with mud or clay
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Origin of JACAL

Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl xahcalli
First Known Use: 1838

Rhymes with JACAL

Algol, atoll, austral, Bhopal, cabal, Cabral, cantal, Chagall, chorale, grand mal, gun moll, hamal, mistral, narwhal, Natal, nopal, Pascal, petrol, quetzal, Rampal, real, rial, riyal, Rizal, Shawwal, tical, timbale, Transvaal

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