prairie wolf

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. See coyote.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A small wolf, Canis latrans, characteristic of the prairie regions of western North America. See cut under coyote.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Zoöl.) See Coyote.
2. n. (Zoöl.) the coyote.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. small wolf native to western North America