Coyote vs. Fox

Coyotenoun

Canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America.

Coyotenoun

A smuggler of illegal immigrants across the land border from Mexico into the United States of America.

Coyoteverb

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

Coyotenoun

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.

Coyotenoun

small wolf native to western North America

Coyotenoun

someone who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States (usually acress the Mexican border)

Coyotenoun

a forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (often for days at a time)

Coyotenoun

a wild dog that resembles the wolf, native to North America.

Coyotenoun

a person who smuggles people from Latin America across the US border, typically for a very high fee

Coyote

The coyote (Canis latrans) is a species of canine native to North America. It is smaller than its close relative, the wolf, and slightly smaller than the closely related eastern wolf and red wolf.

Foxnoun

A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.

Foxnoun

Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe Vulpini within the family Canidae, consisting of nine genera (see the Wikipedia article on the fox).

Foxnoun

The fur of a fox.

Foxnoun

A fox terrier.

Foxnoun

The gemmeous dragonet, a fish, Callionymus lyra, so called from its yellow color.

Foxnoun

A cunning person.

Foxnoun

(slang) A physically attractive man or woman.

Foxnoun

(nautical) A small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats, sennits, and gaskets.

Foxnoun

(mechanics) A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.

Foxnoun

(cartomancy) The fourteenth Lenormand card.

Foxnoun

(obsolete) A sword; so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.

Foxverb

(transitive) To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.

Foxverb

(transitive) To confuse or baffle (someone).

Foxverb

(intransitive) To act slyly or craftily.

Foxverb

(intransitive) To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity.

Foxverb

(transitive) To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.

Foxverb

(intransitive) To turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.

Foxverb

(transitive) To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.

Foxverb

(transitive) To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.

Foxnoun

A carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family Canidæ, of many species. The European fox (V. vulgaris or V. vulpes), the American red fox (V. fulvus), the American gray fox (V. Virginianus), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox (V. lagopus) are well-known species.

Foxnoun

The European dragonet.

Foxnoun

The fox shark or thrasher shark; - called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark.

Foxnoun

A sly, cunning fellow.

Foxnoun

Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; - used for seizings or mats.

Foxnoun

A sword; - so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.

Foxnoun

A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; - called also Outagamies.

Foxverb

To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.

Foxverb

To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.

Foxverb

To repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.

Foxverb

To turn sour; - said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.

Foxnoun

alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs

Foxnoun

a shifty deceptive person

Foxnoun

the gray or reddish-brown fur of a fox

Foxnoun

English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806)

Foxnoun

English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691)

Foxnoun

a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River

Foxnoun

the Algonquian language of the Fox people

Foxverb

deceive somebody;

Foxverb

be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly;

Foxverb

become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots

Foxnoun

a member of a North American people formerly living in southern Wisconsin, and now mainly in Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas.

Foxnoun

the Algonquian language of the Fox, now almost extinct.

Foxverb

baffle or deceive (someone)

Foxverb

behave in a cunning or sly way

Foxadjective

relating to the Fox or their language.

Fox

Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or brush).