coyotes

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A more disastrous stampede had seldom been known in that vicinity Already the coyotes were appearing--slip-footed and sneaking!

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  1. noun 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. noun A firefighter who is sent to battle remote, usually very severe forest fires, often for days at a time.
  3. noun Slang A person who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States, especially across the Mexican border.

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  • Their forlorn, hungry howling was audible at intervals, an eerie and shrill bedlam that might have been silly girls giggling The motor that silenced the coyotes was a huge one. —  071 - Mad Mesa
  • The first half or so of the book depicts some of the various people to be affected -- not to mention a few coyotes, a dog named Max, and a giant redwood tree -- and also explains how one of the men touched by the light turns, unlike the others, into the Gray Man, a creature bent on killing all living things. —  F ;SF; - vol 096 issue 01 - January 1999
  • These tiny worms cause a variety of infections in smaller animals such as coyotes, wolves, foxes and even our pets like cats and dogs. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • In the latter class there was a tendency for the colors of the old Spanish stock,--coyotes, and other hybrid mixtures,--after being dormant for generations, to crop out again. —  A Texas Matchmaker
  • A more disastrous stampede had seldom been known in that vicinity Already the coyotes were appearing--slip-footed and sneaking! —  Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch
 

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