| cocoyam | (noun) tropical starchy tuberous root | Synonyms: dasheen, edda, taro, taro root |
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| (noun) edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants | Synonyms: dasheen, eddo, taro |
| coy | (adjective) showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement | - |
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| (adjective) affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way | Synonyms: demure, overmodest |
| (adjective) modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures | - |
| coydog | (noun) offspring of a coyote and a dog | - |
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| coyly | (adverb) in a coy manner | - |
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| coyness | (noun) the affectation of being demure in a provocative way | Synonyms: demureness |
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| coyol | (noun) tropical American palm having edible nuts and yielding a useful fiber | Synonyms: Acrocomia vinifera, coyol palm |
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| coyote | (noun) small wolf native to western North America | Synonyms: brush wolf, Canis latrans, prairie wolf |
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| (noun) a forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (often for days at a time) | - |
| (noun) someone who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States (usually across the Mexican border) | - |
| coypu | (noun) aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur | Synonyms: Myocastor coypus, nutria |
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| decoy | (noun) something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed | Synonyms: bait, lure |
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| (noun) a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot) | Synonyms: steerer |
| (verb) lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy | - |