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plural coyotes
Canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America. quotations examples
Near Rio Frio we shot several handsome birds, and saw a cayjotte, or wild dog, which in size nearly approached the wolf.
1824, William Bullock, Six Months' Residence and Travels in Mexico, page 119
(US, informal) A smuggler of undocumented immigrants across the land border from Latin America into the United States of America. quotations examples
Jorge’s father had pawned his last four goats for $2,000 to help pay for their transit, another loan the family would have to repay at 100 percent interest. The coyote called at 10 p.m. — they would go that night.
2020 July 23, Abrahm Lustgarten, “The Great Climate Migration”, in New York Times
third-person singular simple present coyotes, present participle coyoteing or coyoting, simple past and past participle coyoted
To prospect for gold by manually digging holes into overlying earth, as into a hillside. examples