Coyote
WordNet
noun
(1) Small wolf native to western North America
(2) A forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (often for days at a time)
(3) Someone who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States (usually across the Mexican border)
WiktionaryText
Alternative spellings
- cayeute (obsolete), cayota (obsolete), cayote (obsolete), coyoto (obsolete)
Etymology
From ', from .
Noun
- A canine species 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.
- 1824: William Bullock, Six Months' Residence and Travels in Mexico, p. 119
- A smuggler of illegal immigrants across the land border from Mexico into the United States of America.