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coyote
(kaɪoʊti)
Word forms: plural coyotes
countable noun
A coyote is a small wolf which lives in the plains of North America.
coyote in British English
(ˈkɔɪəʊt, kɔɪˈəʊt, kɔɪˈəʊtɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -otes or -ote
1. Also called: prairie wolf
a predatory canine mammal, Canis latrans, related to but smaller than the wolf, roaming the deserts and prairies of North America
2.
(in Native American legends of the West) a trickster and culture hero represented as a man or as an animal
Word origin
C19: from Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl coyotlcoyote in American English
(kaɪˈoʊti; ˈkaɪˌoʊt)
US
nounWord forms: plural coyˈotes or coyˈote
1.
a wild animal (Canis latrans) of the dog family, native to the North American plains: it resembles a small wolf
2. Slang
a smuggler of illegal aliens from Mexico into the U.S.
Word origin
AmSp < Nahuatl koyo:λImage ofcoyote
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