coyote
UK/kɔɪˈəʊt//kəˈjoʊ.ti/
coyote noun: canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America.
Noun
coyote (plural coyotes)
- 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
- 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
- Synonyms:
- prairie wolf
- 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
Verb
coyote (third-person singular simple present coyotes, present participle coyoteing or coyoting, simple past and past participle coyoted)
Proper noun capitalized: Coyote
Coyote
- An island of El Salvador.
- A trickster figure found in many Native American folklores.
coyote meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
coyote in Hindi
- canine
- कायोटी kāyoṭī
coyote in Tamil
- சிறு வடஅமெரிக்க ஓநாய் வகை
coyote in Marathi
- कोयोट, कोयोटे
coyote in Urdu
- کویوٹ, کایوٹ, کویوٹ کرنا
More languagesFewer languages
- coyote in Bengali
- নেকড়েবিশেষ nekṛebiśeś
- coyote in Telugu
- కొయెట్, కొయోట్, కోయోట్
- coyote in Malayalam
- കൊയോട്ട്, കോയോട്ട്, കൊയറ്റ്
- coyote in Kannada
- ಕೊಯೊಟೆ, ಕೊಯೆಟ್, ಕೊಯೊಟ್ಟೆ
- coyote in Punjabi
- ਕੋਯੋਟ, ਕੋਯੋਟੇ, ਕੋਏਟ
- coyote in Gujarati
- કોયોટ, કોયોટે
- coyote in Odia
- କୋଏଟ୍, କୋଯ଼ୋଟେ, କୋଯ଼ୋଟ୍
- coyote in Nepali
- कोयोट, कोयोटे, कोयोट गर्न
- coyote in Tagalog
- koyote
- coyote in Arabic
- قَيُّوط qayyūṭ
- coyote in Malay
- koyote
- coyote in Indonesian
- koyote
- coyote in Persian
- کایوت kâyot
- coyote in Thai
- ไคโยตี kai-yoo-dtîi
- coyote in Vietnamese
- sói đồng cỏ
- coyote in Myanmar
- ကွိုင်းယုတ် kwuing:yut
Examples of coyote in a sentence
- The rabbit was eaten by the coyote, so the rabbit is the coyote's prey.
- He was killed by coyotes; he died by tooth, fang, and claw.
- Coyotes account for more rabbits than hunters do.
Synonyms of coyote
Forms of coyote
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | coyotes |
| alternative form (obsolete) | cayeute |
| alternative form (obsolete) | cayota |
| alternative form (obsolete) | cayote |
| alternative form (obsolete) | coyoto |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | coyotes |
| present participle | coyoteing |
| present participle | coyoting |
| past participle | coyoted |
| past | coyoted |
Origin of coyote
Borrowed from Spanish coyote, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *koyoo-tl. Compare Chinook ki-o-tī.
Words formed from coyote
Phrases with coyote
Questions about coyote
- What does coyote mean?
- Coyote means canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America.
- What is coyote in Hindi?
- Coyote in Hindi is कायोटी (kāyoṭī). See Coyote meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is coyote?
- Coyote can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce coyote?
- Coyote is pronounced /kəˈjoʊ.ti/ (US).
- What is the plural of coyote?
- The plural of coyote is coyotes.
Words near coyote in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: coyote (page history and authors); Coyote (page history and authors); coyote (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); coyote (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); coyote (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); coyote (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); coyote (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); coyote (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); coyote (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); coyote (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); coyote (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); coyote (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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