coyote
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Stunning biologists, a lone coyote swims to Alcatraz.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
The Department of Fish and Wildlife said that the coyote was likely drawn into populated areas by the smell of food waste, unsecured trash cans or pet food left outside.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
There is no specific coyote season in California but they are most active between January and March, which is their mating season.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
A lonely coyote stalks the barren ground around oil pump jacks; a dead deer, its eye milky white, lies on a fern-like blanket of boughs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
I sniff the air, and it stinks of human smells, but there, on the weak breeze from the direction of sunrise, I smell coyote.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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English Words Derived from Nahuatl
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