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prairie wolf

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prairie wolf

(Animals) another name for coyote¹

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coy•o•te

(kaɪˈoʊ ti, ˈkaɪ oʊt)

n., pl. -tes, (esp. collectively) -te.

1. a wolflike, medium-sized North American canid, Canis latrans.

2. Slang. a person who smuggles Latin Americans into the U.S. for a fee.

[1825–35; earlier cuiota, cayota < Mexican Spanish coyote < Nahuatl coyōtl]

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Noun

prairie wolf - small wolf native to western North America

brush wolf, Canis latrans, coyote

wolf - any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

coydog - offspring of a coyote and a dog

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