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   coyote

   /kɔɪˈəʊti/

   noun

   • 1. a wild dog that resembles the wolf, native to North America.
   • 2. a person who smuggles people from Latin America across the US border, typically for a very high fee: informal North American "at the bus station, there were coyotes offering to drive us to Los Angeles"

   Word Origin mid 18th century: from Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl coyotl.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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