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jacal /həˈkɑːl /
noun
(plural jacales /həˈkɑːleɪz/)
(in Mexico and the south-western US) a thatched wattle-and-daub hut.
– ORIGIN Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl xacalli, contraction of xamitl calli adobe house.
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