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Werewolf vs Coyote - What's the difference?

werewolf | coyote |

As nouns the difference between werewolf and coyote

is that werewolf is a person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to transform during a full moon while 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.

werewolf

English

Alternative forms

* (l), (l), (l)

Noun

(werewolves)
  • A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to transform during a full moon.

    • Derived terms

    * werewolfdom * werewolfish

    Synonyms

    * wolfman * lycanthrope

    See also

    * turnskin * were- * werebear * wereboar * wererat * weretiger

    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")

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