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coyotes

coyotes is the plural of coyote.

coyotes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of coyote.

Meaning of coyote

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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Phrases with coyotes

Questions about coyotes

What is coyotes the plural of?
Coyotes is the plural of coyote.

Words near coyotes in the dictionary

  1. coyotebushes
  2. coyoted
  3. coyoteing
  4. coyoteite
  5. coyotelike
  6. coyotes
  7. coyotillo
  8. coyotillos
  9. coyoting
  10. coyoto
  11. coyotos

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