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
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.
• 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)
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.
• 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
19 April 2024
(verb) hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; “The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
