coyote

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /kəˈjoʊti/, /kaɪˈ(j)oʊti/, (especially Western US) IPAchar /ˈkaɪ(j)oʊt/
• (British) IPA: /kɔɪˈ(j)əʊt(ɪ)/

Noun

coyote (plural coyotes)

1. Canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America.
   • 1824, William Bullock, Six Months' Residence and Travels in Mexico, p. 119

     Near Rio Frio we shot several handsome birds, and saw a cayjotte, or wild dog, which in size nearly approached the wolf.

2. A smuggler of illegal immigrants across the land border from Mexico into the United States of America.

Synonyms

• (canine) prairie wolf

Translations

• French: coyote
• German: Kojote, Präriewolf, Steppenwolf
• Italian: coyote, coiote
• Portuguese: coiote
• Russian: койо́т
• Spanish: coyote

Translations

• Portuguese: coiote
• Spanish: coyote

Verb

coyote (coyotes, present participle coyoteing; past and past participle coyoted)

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

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