The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
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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