Coyote Meaning
/kəˈjoʊ.ti/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounCanis latrans, a species of canine native to North America.
nounA smuggler of undocumented immigrants across the land border from Latin America into the United States of America.
Sentence Examples
She is being chased by a coyote.
The coyote lived off of coffee shop scones and neighbor cats.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The hungry ____ howled at the moon from the rocky cliff.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She is being chased by a ____.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Spanish coyote, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *koyoo-tl. Compare Chinook ki-o-tī.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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, page 119:
"The MWRC animal care specialists attempted to unimprint the coyotes first by limiting their human contact and putting them with other wild coyotes. The hand-raised coyotes, however, were ostracized by the wild coyotes […]"
— 1996, AnimaLife, volume 6, page 14:
"Jorge’s father had pawned his last four goats for $2,000 to help pay for their transit, another loan the family would have to repay at 100 percent interest. The coyote called at 10 p.m. — they would go that night."
— 2020 July 23, Abrahm Lustgarten, “The Great Climate Migration”, in The New York Times:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The hungry ____ howled at the moon from the rocky cliff.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She is being chased by a ____.