Meaning

noun small wolf native to western North America

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

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

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

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