coyote

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A small wolflike carnivorous animal (Canis latrans) native to western North America and found in many other regions of the continent. Also called prairie wolf.
2. n. A firefighter who is sent to battle remote, usually very severe forest fires, often for days at a time.
3. n. Slang A person who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States, especially across the Mexican border.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The Spanish and now the usual name of the common prairie- or barking-wolf of western North America, Canis latrans, abundant almost everywhere from the great plains to the Pacific. It is about as large as a pointer dog, with full pelage, bushy tail, upright ears, and rather sharp nose, of a grayish color, reddening on some parts and darkened with blackish on the back, and is noted for its monotonous and reiterated howling at night. Also spelled cajote, cayote, and kiote.
2. n. No less than eleven species of coyotes have been recognized by Merriam, the name Canis latrans being restricted to the eastern form whose type-locality is Iowa. The species from Lower California is C. peninsuiæ; the Californian form is C. ochropus; and that from Indian Territory is C. frustror.

Wiktionary

1. n. Canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America.
2. n. A smuggler of illegal immigrants across the land border from Mexico into the United States of America.
3. v. To prospect for gold by manually digging holes into overlying earth, as into a hillside.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Zoöl.) A carnivorous animal (Canis latrans), allied to the dog, found in the western part of North America; -- called also prairie wolf. Its voice is a snapping bark, followed by a prolonged, shrill howl.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. someone who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States (usually across the Mexican border)
2. n. a forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (often for days at a time)
3. n. small wolf native to western North America