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coyotes

Variant of coyote

noun pl. coyotes or coyote

  1. a wild animal (Canis latrans) of the dog family, native to the North American plains: it resembles a small wolf
  2. Slang a smuggler of illegal aliens from Mexico into the U.S.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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