coyote

Alternative forms

• cayeute, cayota, cayote, coyoto (all obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish coyote, from Nahuatl coyotl.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˈjoʊti/, /kaɪˈ(j)oʊti/, (especially Western US) /ˈkaɪ(j)oʊt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɔɪˈ(j)oʊteɪ/, /ˈkɔɪ(j)oʊt/

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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.

Verb

coyote (third-person singular simple present coyotes, present participle coyoteing or coyoting, simple past and past participle coyoted)

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

See also

• (canids) canid; coyote, dog, fox, jackal, wolf

Further reading

• coyote on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• oocyte, oöcyte

Etymology

Borrowed from English coyote, from Spanish coyote, from Nahuatl coyotl.

Pronunciation

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Noun

coyote m (plural coyotes, diminutive coyootje n)

1. coyote

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish coyote, from Classical Nahuatl coyōtl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.jɔt/

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Noun

coyote m (plural coyotes)

1. coyote

Further reading

• “coyote” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• côtoyé

Etymology

Borrowed from English coyote, from Spanish coyote, from Nahuatl coyotl.

Noun

coyote m (plural coyoti)

1. coyote

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl coyōtl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.ˈʝo.te/
• Rhymes: -ote

Noun

coyote m (plural coyotes)

1. coyote (canine)
2. (Mexico) coyote (smuggler of illegal immigrants)
3. (Mexico) fixer, middleman
4. (obsolete) a person of mixed Native American and mestizo descent