Jungle /(jŭṉ"g'l)/

Jun·gle

Jungle

n.
  1. 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).
  2. A place of danger or ruthless competition for survival. (Fig.)
  3. Anything which causes confusion or difficulty due to intricacy; as, a jungle of environmental regulations.

Phrases & Compounds
Jungle bear
the aswail or sloth bear.
Jungle cat
the chaus.
Jungle cock
the male of a jungle fowl.
Jungle fowl
Any wild species of the genus Gallus, of which several species inhabit India and the adjacent islands; as, the fork-tailed jungle fowl (Gallus varius) of Java, Gallus Stanleyi of Ceylon, and Gallus Bankiva of India.