coyote
/ˈkɔɪəʊt/noun
(复同单, 或 coyotes)
1
- a wolf-like wild dog native to North America. Also called BRUSH WOLF or PRAIRIE WOLF in North America.丛林狼, 郊狼（产于北美的似狼的野狗）。北美亦称 BRUSH WOLF或 PRAIRIE WOLF.
1.1
- Canis latrans, family Canidae.拉丁名 Canis latrans,犬科。
2
- N. Amer. informal a person who smuggles people from Latin America across the US border, typically for a very high fee〈北美, 非正式〉（通常收取高额费用从拉丁美洲越界进入美国走私人口的）非法移民偷运者。
词源
mid 18th cent.: from Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl coyotl.