"adive" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: adives [plural]
Etymology: From Spanish adive, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic الذِّئْب (aḏ-ḏiʔb). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|adive}} Spanish adive, {{der|en|xaa|-}} Andalusian Arabic, {{der|en|ar|ذِئْب⁩|الذِّئْب}} Arabic الذِّئْب (aḏ-ḏiʔb), {{root|en|ar|ذ ء ب}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} adive (plural adives)
  1. The golden jackal; a smaller sort of jackal, sometimes domesticated. Translations (a domesticated, smaller form of the jackal): adive [masculine] (French), adive [masculine] (Spanish)

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