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coyote

UK/kɔɪˈəʊt/ US/kəˈjoʊ.ti/ fairly common informal us

noun

1.
2.

someone who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States (usually acress the Mexican border)

3.

a forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (often for days at a time)

Origin

Borrowed from Spanish coyote, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *koyoo-tl. Compare Chinook ki-o-tī.

Phrases

  • coyote brush
  • coyote bush
  • coyote gourd
  • coyote melon
  • Coyote State
  • coyote time
  • coyote tobacco
  • coyote ugly

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