Definition/Meaning of coyote

• English - Noun: coyote ( plural coyotes ) Canis latrans , a species of canine native to North America . 1824 , William Bullock , Six Months' Residence and Travels in Mexico , p . 119 Near Rio Frio we shot several handsome birds , and saw a cayjotte , or wild dog , which in size nearly approached the wolf . A smuggler of illegal immigrants across the land border from Mexico into the United States of America .…
• English - Verb: coyote ( third-person singular simple present coyotes , present participle coyoteing or coyoting , simple past and past participle coyoted ) To prospect for gold by manually digging holes into overlying earth , as into a hillside .
• English - Alternative forms: cayeute, cayota, cayote, coyoto ( all obsolete )
• English - Etymology: From Spanish coyote , from Nahuatl coyotl .
• English - Pronunciation: IPA (key) : /kaɪˈ(j)oʊtiː/ IPA (key) : /ˈkaɪ(j)oʊt/ IPA (key) : /kɔɪˈ(j)oʊteɪ/ IPA (key) : /ˈkɔɪ(j)oʊt/