coyotes

Desert pack hunters

Coyotes are wild canines native to North America, smaller than wolves but highly adaptable, thriving in deserts, prairies, suburbs, and cities.

Their distinctive yipping howl is iconic in Western landscapes.

In another sense, a coyote is a person who smuggles migrants across the U.S.-Mexico border for pay: They paid a coyote three thousand dollars to cross.

wildlife

pack

Group or compress

  • howlProlonged mournful cry
  • denPrivate room or lair
  • pupsYoung canines or seals

predator · scavenger · nocturnal · prairie · desert · jackals · habitat · territory · omnivore · adaptable

mythology

trickster

Cunning deceiver in myth

creator · Navajo · tales · cunning · mischief · legends · spirit · totem · Southwest · oral tradition

smuggling

border

Outer edge or limit

desert · cartel · fees · guides · danger · illegal · exploitation · payment · journey · risk

sports

Phoenix

Arizona's capital city

Glendale · arena · team · franchise · fans · jersey · mascot · playoffs · ice · puck

urban

suburban

Of residential outskirts

  • trashDiscarded worthless material
  • petsDomesticated companion animals
  • encroachmentGradual intrusion on territory

coexistence · sightings · adaptation · backyard · fence · wildlife management · nuisance · attacks · chickens · cats

Categories
Opposites
wildness/domestication

coyoteshouse dogs

Canines kept as pets

lapdogs · purebred dogs · companion animals · pets

predator-prey relationship

coyotesrabbits

Burrowing lagomorphs with long ears

rodents · deer · livestock · sheep · chickens

Phrases
Family

coyote

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G