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Coyote

/kɔɪˈ(j)əʊt(ɪ)/

Canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America.

📖 Definitions of "Coyote"

noun

1
Canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America.
2
A smuggler of undocumented immigrants across the land border from Latin America into the United States of America.

verb

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

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
prairie wolfnoun	coyote
brush wolfnoun	A small wolf found in western North America.
canis latransnoun	small wolf native to western north america

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
brush wolfnoun	A small wolf found in western North America.
prairie wolfnoun	coyote
canis latransnoun	small wolf native to western north america
wolfnoun	(countable) Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
scatnoun	(biology) Animal excrement; droppings, dung.
mulenoun	The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
ferrymannoun	A man who operates a ferry.
boatmannoun	A sailor on a small vessel (boat), particularly its captain.
smugglernoun	One who smuggles things.
pathfindernoun	One who discovers a way or path; one who explores untraversed regions.
couriernoun	A person who delivers messages.
traffickernoun	(chiefly derogatory) Someone who traffics; a trader or merchant of illegal products, or of legal products in an illegal setting.
people-smugglernoun	Alternative form of people smuggler. [A person who engages in people smuggling.]
runnernoun	Agent noun of run; one who runs.
transporternoun	One who, or that which transports.
contrabandistanoun	A contrabandist in Spain, Portugal, or Latin America.
bootleggernoun	One who is illegally a producer and/or trader of goods, especially of alcohol.
contrabandistnoun	A dealer in contraband.
snakeheadnoun	(zoology) A family of perciform fish native to Africa and Asia, Channidae.
polleronoun	—