coyote

(noun)

A smuggler of illegal immigrants across the land border from Mexico into the United States of America.

Examples of coyote in the following topics:

  • Ecological Restoration

    • The wolves, which function to suppress elk and coyote populations, provide more-abundant resources to the guild of carrion (flesh) eaters.
    • Decreasing the coyote population increased the populations of species that were previously suppressed by this predator.

  • Nouns as Subjects and Objects

    • In this sign saying "Do not feed the coyotes", are coyotes the subject, the object, or the indirect object?

  • Illegal Immigration

    • Those operating on the US-Mexico border are known informally as coyotes.

  • The Decimation of the Great Bison Herds and the Fight for the Black Hills

    • One version of events claims that during the process of disarming the Lakota, a deaf tribesman named Black Coyote was reluctant to give up his rifle, claiming he had paid a lot for it.

  • The American Indian Wars

    • One version of events claims that during the process of disarming the Lakota, a deaf tribesman named Black Coyote was reluctant to give up his rifle, claiming he had paid a lot for it.