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Coyote vs Dingo - What's the difference?

coyote | dingo |

As a noun coyote

is canis latrans , a species of canine native to north america.

As a verb coyote

is to prospect for gold by manually digging holes into overlying earth, as into a hillside.

As a proper noun dingo is

goofy (cartoon character).

coyote

English

Alternative forms

* cayeute, cayota, cayote, coyoto (all obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Canis latrans , a species of canine native to North America.
  • * 1824 , William Bullock, Six Months' Residence and Travels in Mexico , p. 119
    • Near Rio Frio we shot several handsome birds, and saw a cayjotte , or wild dog, which in size nearly approached the wolf.
  • A smuggler of illegal immigrants across the land border from Mexico into the United States of America.

    • Synonyms

    * (canine) prairie wolf

    Hyponyms

    * Belize coyote () * California Valley coyote () * Colima coyote () * Durango coyote () * Honduras coyote () * Lower Rio Grande coyote () * Mearns coyote () * Mexican coyote () * mountain coyote () * northern coyote () * Northeastern coyote () * Northwest Coast coyote () * Peninsula Coyote () * Plains coyote () * Salvador coyote () * San Pedro Martir coyote () * Southeastern coyote () * Texas Plains coyote () * ()

    Derived terms

    * coyote ugly

    Verb

  • To prospect for gold by manually digging holes into overlying earth, as into a hillside.

    • See also

    *

    External links

    * (wikipedia "coyote")

    Anagrams

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    dingo

    English

    (wikipedia dingo)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • , a wild dog native to Australia.

    • Derived terms

    * dry as a dead dingo’s donger

    Hypernyms

    * dog

    References

    , Australian Aboriginal Words'', Oxford University Press, 1990, ISBN 0-19-553099-3, pages 65 and 226.

    Anagrams

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