Definition of Junle
Jun"gle (jŭ&nsm;"g'l), n. [Hind.
jangal desert, forest, jungle; Skr. ja&?;gala desert.]
A dense growth of brushwood, grasses, reeds, vines, etc.; an
almost impenetrable thicket of trees, canes, and reedy vegetation, as
in India, Africa, Australia, and Brazil.
The jungles of India are of bamboos, canes, and
other palms, very difficult to penetrate. Balfour
(Cyc. of India).
Jungle bear (Zoöl.), the aswail
or sloth bear. -- Jungle cat
(Zoöl.), the chaus. -- Jungle
cock (Zoöl.), the male of a jungle
fowl. -- Jungle fowl. (Zoöl.)
(a) Any wild species of the genus Gallus,
of which several species inhabit India and the adjacent islands; as,
the fork-tailed jungle fowl (G. varius) of Java, G.
Stanleyi of Ceylon, and G. Bankiva of India. The
latter, which resembles the domestic gamecock, is supposed to be one
of the original species from which the domestic fowl was derived.
(b) An Australian grallatorial bird
(Megapodius tumulus) which is allied to the brush turkey, and,
like the latter, lays its eggs in mounds of vegetable matter, where
they are hatched by the heat produced by decomposition.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A large, undeveloped, humid forest that is home to many wild plants and animals.
- (colloquial) Any place where people behave ruthlessly and as if they are fighting for their lives.
It's a jungle out there.
- A style of electronic music.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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