coyote (n.)

  1. small wolf native to western North America

    [ Syn: prairie wolf , brush wolf , canis latrans ]

  2. someone who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States (usually across the Mexican border)

  3. a forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (often for days at a time)

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