Coyote vs. Hyena

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.

Hyenanoun

Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the subfamily Hyaeninae (genera Hyaena and Crocuta), native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited.

Hyenanoun

(Sub-saharan Africa) A man that performs ritualized sex acts with recently widowed women and menarchal girls.

Hyenanoun

Any carnivorous mammal of the family Hyænidæ, doglike nocturnal mammals of Africa and southern Asia, of which three living species are known. They are large and strong, but cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are nocturnal in their habits.

Hyenanoun

doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion

Hyenanoun

a doglike African mammal with forelimbs that are longer than the hindlimbs and an erect mane. Hyenas are noted as scavengers but most are also effective hunters.

Hyena

Hyenas, or hyaenas (from Ancient Greek ὕαινα, hýaina), are feliform carnivoran mammals of the family Hyaenidae . With only four extant species (in three genera), it is the fifth-smallest biological family in the Carnivora and one of the smallest in the class Mammalia.