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Definition of coyote in English: coyotenounPlural coyotes kʌɪˈəʊtikɔɪˈəʊti 1A wild dog that resembles the wolf, native to North America. Canis latrans, family Canidae Example sentencesExamples - Grizzly bears and bison were exterminated, and coyotes and prairie dogs were shot on sight and poisoned.
- Whitetail deer, coyote, red fox, snowshoe hare and raccoon often make appearances.
- Adult red foxes may also be attacked by coyotes, wolves, or other predators, but this is rarely in order to eat them.
- Predators, such as coyotes, swift foxes, and skunks, are a major problem for ground nesting birds.
- There are 36 species of Canidae, including dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals and foxes.
- Today Wyoming's Bighorn Basin, home to pronghorns and prairie dogs, coyotes and rattlesnakes, is nearly a desert.
- The virus is carried by a number of wild animals, including coyotes, foxes, and some wolves.
- Mating between eastern Canadian wolves, red wolves, and coyotes is possible, he said, because they share a common ancestor.
- Major predators of the otter include sharks, killer whales, coyotes, brown bears and even eagles.
- Also, coyotes were often observed hunting rodents in the cranberry bogs at the rendezvous site.
- Their predators include great horned owls, bobcats, cougars, coyotes, and foxes, so wariness is in their blood.
- Dogs and coyotes have been injured and even killed by llamas.
- Eagles, rattlesnakes, deer, pronghorn antelope, foxes, coyotes, and mountain lions roam the area.
- Other predators are red foxes, coyotes, wolves, bear, mountain lions, lynx, bobcats, eagles, and great horned owls.
- A mixed pack of coyotes and wild dogs had found the open gate.
- Wolves tend to eat larger prey, like elk - but coyotes prey on young antelope.
- Sometimes falling prey, on land, to wolves and coyotes, the otter's principal enemies are humans.
- The red wolf is larger than a coyote and smaller than a gray wolf.
- These animals clearly act like coyotes and not wolves.
- With a blink, his eyes adjusted and decided it was either a wild dog or a wolf or a coyote.
2North American informal A person who smuggles people from Latin America across the US border, typically for a very high fee. at the bus station, there were coyotes offering to drive us to Los Angeles Example sentencesExamples - The coyotes and the bewildered souls kneeling in the headlights know that the border war cannot be fought like this forever.
- After the law was passed, and border control was stepped up, the coyotes began to charge more money.
- The busboy will be working long hours until he earns back the $2000 it cost in coyote fees to get across the border.
- The coyotes charge $5000 to bring somebody here from Honduras or Guatemala.
- Once in Sasabe, the migrants will break up into smaller groups and head out with their coyotes along the many smuggler trails.
- Over time I was also able to use non-American friends as coyotes to smuggle refills.
- In addition to prosecuting so-called coyotes, he also plans to charge the illegal aliens they smuggle with being co-conspirators.
- And I started a smuggling unit to go after coyotes here.
- He continued across the border with the help of coyotes.
- His remarks were typical of the government to attribute the death toll on the border to the coyotes.
- As the government's operations grew more sophisticated, so did those of the smugglers, or coyotes.
- His only choice was to travel to Tijuana and hire a coyote (immigrant smuggler) to take him across the border.
- They are called coyotes, the men and women who offer to sneak illegal aliens across the border.
- My brother and I were brought over by a coyote who took us to a remote location where we had to squirm under a fence and then run for dear life.
- After crossing the border they were abandoned by coyotes or polleros, the smugglers who transported them into the US.
- A Denver television station recorded the coyotes transporting van loads of illegal aliens in broad daylight.
- If the coyote (the smuggler) doesn't kill the immigrant, the desert or Border Patrol likely will.
- Sonia's husband, a coyote, relied on his borderland knowledge to track her after she fled across the border.
- Daniel paid a coyote who took him to the hills near Mexicali with 20 others who waited for the right time to cross.
- To get past the border guards, immigrants from Mexico hire smugglers - called coyotes - to guide them through crossing points.
Origin Mid 18th century: from Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl coyotl. Rhymes Capote, coatee, dhoti, floaty, goaty, oaty, peyote, roti, throaty Definition of coyote in US English: coyotenoun 1A wild dog that resembles the wolf, native to North America. Canis latrans, family Canidae Example sentencesExamples - The virus is carried by a number of wild animals, including coyotes, foxes, and some wolves.
- Their predators include great horned owls, bobcats, cougars, coyotes, and foxes, so wariness is in their blood.
- Today Wyoming's Bighorn Basin, home to pronghorns and prairie dogs, coyotes and rattlesnakes, is nearly a desert.
- Wolves tend to eat larger prey, like elk - but coyotes prey on young antelope.
- Whitetail deer, coyote, red fox, snowshoe hare and raccoon often make appearances.
- Sometimes falling prey, on land, to wolves and coyotes, the otter's principal enemies are humans.
- There are 36 species of Canidae, including dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals and foxes.
- Grizzly bears and bison were exterminated, and coyotes and prairie dogs were shot on sight and poisoned.
- Dogs and coyotes have been injured and even killed by llamas.
- A mixed pack of coyotes and wild dogs had found the open gate.
- The red wolf is larger than a coyote and smaller than a gray wolf.
- With a blink, his eyes adjusted and decided it was either a wild dog or a wolf or a coyote.
- Also, coyotes were often observed hunting rodents in the cranberry bogs at the rendezvous site.
- Mating between eastern Canadian wolves, red wolves, and coyotes is possible, he said, because they share a common ancestor.
- Predators, such as coyotes, swift foxes, and skunks, are a major problem for ground nesting birds.
- Major predators of the otter include sharks, killer whales, coyotes, brown bears and even eagles.
- These animals clearly act like coyotes and not wolves.
- Other predators are red foxes, coyotes, wolves, bear, mountain lions, lynx, bobcats, eagles, and great horned owls.
- Eagles, rattlesnakes, deer, pronghorn antelope, foxes, coyotes, and mountain lions roam the area.
- Adult red foxes may also be attacked by coyotes, wolves, or other predators, but this is rarely in order to eat them.
2North American informal A person who smuggles Latin Americans across the US border, typically for a high fee. at the bus station, there were coyotes offering to drive us to Los Angeles Example sentencesExamples - My brother and I were brought over by a coyote who took us to a remote location where we had to squirm under a fence and then run for dear life.
- His only choice was to travel to Tijuana and hire a coyote (immigrant smuggler) to take him across the border.
- If the coyote (the smuggler) doesn't kill the immigrant, the desert or Border Patrol likely will.
- The coyotes charge $5000 to bring somebody here from Honduras or Guatemala.
- Over time I was also able to use non-American friends as coyotes to smuggle refills.
- Once in Sasabe, the migrants will break up into smaller groups and head out with their coyotes along the many smuggler trails.
- The coyotes and the bewildered souls kneeling in the headlights know that the border war cannot be fought like this forever.
- The busboy will be working long hours until he earns back the $2000 it cost in coyote fees to get across the border.
- Sonia's husband, a coyote, relied on his borderland knowledge to track her after she fled across the border.
- A Denver television station recorded the coyotes transporting van loads of illegal aliens in broad daylight.
- To get past the border guards, immigrants from Mexico hire smugglers - called coyotes - to guide them through crossing points.
- After the law was passed, and border control was stepped up, the coyotes began to charge more money.
- As the government's operations grew more sophisticated, so did those of the smugglers, or coyotes.
- In addition to prosecuting so-called coyotes, he also plans to charge the illegal aliens they smuggle with being co-conspirators.
- His remarks were typical of the government to attribute the death toll on the border to the coyotes.
- They are called coyotes, the men and women who offer to sneak illegal aliens across the border.
- Daniel paid a coyote who took him to the hills near Mexicali with 20 others who waited for the right time to cross.
- He continued across the border with the help of coyotes.
- After crossing the border they were abandoned by coyotes or polleros, the smugglers who transported them into the US.
- And I started a smuggling unit to go after coyotes here.
Origin Mid 18th century: from Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl coyotl. |