COYOTE

coyote, prairie wolf, brush wolf, Canis latrans

(noun) small wolf native to western North America

coyote

(noun) a forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (often for days at a time)

coyote

(noun) someone who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States (usually across the Mexican border)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

coyote (plural coyotes)

Canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America.

Synonym: prairie wolf

(US, informal) A smuggler of undocumented immigrants across the land border from Latin America into the United States of America.

Hyponyms

• Belize coyote (Canis latrans goldmani)

• California Valley coyote (Canis latrans ochropus)

• Colima coyote (Canis latrans vigilis)

• Durango coyote (Canis latrans impavidus)

• Honduras coyote (Canis latrans hondurensis)

• Lower Rio Grande coyote (Canis latrans microdon)

• Mearns coyote (Canis latrans mearnsi)

• Mexican coyote (Canis latrans cagottis)

• mountain coyote (Canis latrans lestes)

• northern coyote (Canis latrans incolatus)

• Northeastern coyote (Canis latrans thamnos)

• Northwest Coast coyote (Canis latrans umpquensis)

• Peninsula Coyote (Canis latrans peninsulae)

• Plains coyote (Canis latrans latrans)

• Salvador coyote (Canis latrans dickeyi)

• San Pedro Martir coyote (Canis latrans clepticus)

• Southeastern coyote (Canis latrans frustror)

• Texas Plains coyote (Canis latrans texensis)

• Tiburón Island coyote (Canis latrans jamesi)

Verb

coyote (third-person singular simple present coyotes, present participle coyoting or coyoteing, simple past and past participle coyoted)

To prospect for gold by manually digging holes into overlying earth, as into a hillside.

Anagrams

• oocyte, oöcyte

Source: Wiktionary


Coy"o*te (k"-t or k"t), n. Etym: [Spanish Amer., fr. Mexican coyotl.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A carnivorous animal (Canis latrans), allied to the dog, found in the western part of North America; -- called also prairie wolf. Its voice is a snapping bark, followed by a prolonged, shrill howl.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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