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coyote

/kəˈjoʊ.ti/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about coyote at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Small wolf native to western North America.
  2. Someone who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States (usually across the Mexican border).
  3. A forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (often for days at a time).

Origin

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

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