coyote
pronunciation
How to pronounce coyote in British English:
UK [kaɪˈəʊti]
How to pronounce coyote in American English:
US [kaɪˈoʊti]
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- Noun:
- small wolf native to western North America
- someone who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States (usually acress the Mexican border)
- a forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (often for days at a time)
Word Origin
- coyote (n.)
- 1759, American English, from Mexican Spanish coyote, from Nahuatl (Aztecan) coyotl.
Example
- 1. Why the coyote got small
- 2. It seems a full-grown male coyote did the most work on it .
- 3. Or a coyote might get sick .
- 4. Peter coyote original script the big role signed .
- 5. Striated sandstone lines the slopes of coyote buttes in vermillion cliffs national monument , arizona .