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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
coyote .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But when one night I took my daughter out for a walk, the moon rode high, and lo, the even sheen it cast across the faux - adobe houses, and the way it caught her exuberant small face, upturned in wonderment, filled me with the kind of mild serenity that had, coyotelike, eluded me in every tranquil desert place we went; not among the ironwoods and saguaros but within that synthetic so-called estate,
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But when one night I took my daughter out for a walk, the moon rode high, and lo, the even sheen it cast across the faux - adobe houses, and the way it caught her exuberant small face, upturned in wonderment, filled me with the kind of mild serenity that had, coyotelike, eluded me in every tranquil desert place we went; not among the ironwoods and saguaros but within that synthetic so-called estate,
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But when one night I took my daughter out for a walk, the moon rode high, and lo, the even sheen it cast across the faux - adobe houses, and the way it caught her exuberant small face, upturned in wonderment, filled me with the kind of mild serenity that had, coyotelike, eluded me in every tranquil desert place we went; not among the ironwoods and saguaros but within that synthetic so-called estate,
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They seemed to fit right into the wintery landscape with their fluffy coats, plumed tails, and confident coyotelike trot.
Portrait of An Artist Laurie Lisle 1986
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But Kays considers the Eastern population a race of coyote, much more coyotelike than wolflike.
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When Frank and I started out as soon as it was light enough to see to try and trace the string and maybe get onto the trail of the scoundrels, we both feel certain that we were watched and that somebody was warned of our coming, because, before we'd gone a dozen rods, we heard a coyotelike bark, coming from way up the mountain-side and ending in a howl that we are sure never came from a coyote's throat; and, when we got to the clump of trees, we found signs of someone having been there only a few minutes before, and followed the trail to a rocky gulch
The Cave of Gold A Tale of California in '49 Everett McNeil 1895
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