dol'-fool ('oach, "howling"): The "doleful creatures" referred to in Isa 13:21 are probably "jackals," although some have suggested "leopard," or "hyena." The older English Versions of the Bible gives "great owls." The word rendered "doleful lamentation" in Mic 2:4 (niheyah) is simply a form of the word ordinarily translated "wailing" (nehi). Compare the King James Version margin.
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Doleful
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr (1915). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.