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coyote

Syllabification: (coy·o·te)

Translate coyote | into Spanish
Definition of coyote

noun

  • 1 (plural same or coyotes) a wolflike wild dog native to North America. Also called brush wolf or prairie wolf.
    • Canis latrans, family Canidae
  • 2 informal a person who smuggles Latin Americans across the US border, typically for a high fee:at the bus station, there were coyotes offering to drive us to Los Angeles

Origin:

mid 18th century: from Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl coyotl

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