cayote

Noun

coyote (plural coyotes)

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

   Synonyms:

   prairie wolf

2. (US, informal) A smuggler of undocumented immigrants across the land border from Latin America into the United States of America.
   • 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, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2021

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