coyote

noun
/kəˈjoʊ.ti/

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

Other meanings

A smuggler of undocumented immigrants across the land border from Latin America into the United States of America.

Synonyms

prairie wolf
brush wolf

A kind of

wolf

Related words

hyote
woyote
coyote brush
coydog
coyote bush
coyote ugly
coywolf
dogote
coyotelike
Coyote State
anticoyote
quiet coyote gesture

Example sentences

“Have you seen any coyotes around here?”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“Coyotes are a sister species of wolves.”
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0
“They heard the howl of coyotes.”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Spanish "coyote".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “coyote” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.