English Explanatory Dictionary

coyote

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America.
  2. A smuggler of undocumented immigrants across the land border from Latin America into the United States of America.
verb
  1. To prospect for gold by manually digging holes into overlying earth, as into a hillside.
name
  1. An island of El Salvador.
  2. A trickster figure found in many Native American folklores.

Pronunciation

/kəˈjoʊ.ti/ /kaɪˈoʊ.ti/ /kɔɪˈəʊt/ /kɔɪˈəʊtɪ/ /kaɪˈəʊ.ti/ En-us-coyote.ogg

Word forms

coyote coyotes cayeute cayota cayote coyoto coyoteing coyoting coyoted

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish coyote, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *koyoo-tl. Compare Chinook ki-o-tī.

Synonyms

prairie wolf

Related words

coyotillo

Derived words

anticoyote coydog coyote brush coyote bush coyote gourd coyoteite coyotelike coyote melon Coyote State coyote time coyote tobacco coyote ugly coywolf dogote hyote quiet coyote quiet coyote gesture Wile E. Coyote woyote
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