coyote
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- noun
- /kaɪˈoʊti/
- US
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coyote
- A coyote was spotted wandering through the fields near our home.
- coyote's howl
- coyote tracks
- coyotes and wolves
A coyote ate my dog when I was younger.
- A coyote ate my dog when I was younger.
- So like this coyote's howling, I look up and that thing is still there.
- And as the light started to stream in with Don, we saw there were two coyotes scouring bones.
- So I went back and I found the coyote on the side of the street and it was in a lot of pain.
- There's there's literally rattlesnakes, there's scorpions, there's coyotes.
- The female one of the head female coyotes in the pack will lure.
- Jumping mice, coyotes, Badgers coming alive at the nuclear plant.
Examples
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When we camped in the mountains, we often heard a coyote howling at night.
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I squeaked like a mouse, and from half a mile out, the coyote turned and approached me.
Academic text (1991) -
Imagine a coyote just standing up and then running next to your car.
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So I went back and I found the coyote on the side of the street and it was in a lot of pain.
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The morning after the operation, a coyote had appeared at the edge of the swimming pool, drinking.
Fiction book (1991) -
But we had our first encounter with a real coyote in the backyard.
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And he could still hear the coyote howling off in the distance.
Academic text (2017) -
Before I could say anything, the coyote dashed across the path of the truck.
Academic text (1992) -
Trained guard dogs help protect the sheep from coyotes, bears, and other predators.
Academic text (1995) -
Other wildlife around the lake includes deer, coyotes, rabbits, raccoons, and opossums.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
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A small wild animal that looks like a dog from western North America, often called a coyote
A small wild dog that lives in western North America and often howls at night
A small wild dog from North America called the coyote
Compounds
- US
A spreading evergreen shrub with small flowers that grows on dry hills in the southwestern United States
- US
An evergreen bush with small clustered flowers that spreads in the southwestern United States
How Social
Surface Forms
Etymology
Coyote comes from the Aztec (Nahuatl) word coyotl, which was the name for the animal, and Spanish later brought the word into English; that's why it still means the small, wild, dog-like animal of North America.