English

Coyote

Alternative forms

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

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

Hyponyms

Translations

Derived terms

• coyote ugly

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 ^{(Category: en:Canids)}

Anagrams

• oocyte

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

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

Noun

coyote m ‎(plural coyotes, diminutive coyootje n)

1. coyote

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish coyote, from Classical Nahuatl coyōtl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.jɔt/

Noun

coyote m ‎(plural coyotes)

1. coyote

Anagrams

• côtoyé

Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

coyote m ‎(plural coyoti)

1. coyote

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing 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

Synonyms

• (smuggler): pollo m

Derived terms

• coyota f

Descendants