coyote

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun small wolf native to western North America
  2. noun someone who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States (usually across the Mexican border)
  3. noun a forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (often for days at a time)

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

prairie wolf, brush wolf, Canis latrans

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