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coyote [ˈkɔɪəʊt kɔɪˈəʊt kɔɪˈəʊtɪ] n pl -otes, -ote
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called prairie wolf a predatory canine mammal, Canis latrans, related to but smaller than the wolf, roaming the deserts and prairies of North America 2. (Myth & Legend / Non-European Myth & Legend) (in American Indian legends of the West) a trickster and culture hero represented as a man or as an animal [from Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl coyotl] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| They were so pleased with the decision that they declared the Coyote their candidate for the Grizzly Bearship; but whether he ever obtained the office history does not relate. With that alertness of the senses which is at once the marvel and despair of civilised peoples, they knew that the pirates were on the island from the moment one of them trod on a dry stick; and in an incredibly short space of time the coyote cries began. He tried to doze again, but the yap of the coyote disturbed him. |
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