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is the rendering of the A.V. at Isa_13:22; Isa_34:14; Jeremiah 1:39, of the Heb. word which occurs in this sense only in the plur. àַéַּé , iyim, although it frequently occurs both in the sing. and plur. in the sense of "island." The ancient interpreters variously understand cats (Chald. and Kimchi) and spectres (Sept. ὀìðëåìôáýñïò ); but later writers generally agree that the jackal (q.v.) is meant, from its habit of howling (Bochart, Hieroz. 1:843).