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coot

a dark gray aquatic bird; a foolish person: He’s just an old coot.
Not to be confused with:
cute – attractive in a dainty way; pleasingly pretty: a cute puppy; affectedly clever; precious: too old to be acting so unbearably cute
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coot

 (ko͞ot)
n.
1. Any of several waterbirds of the widely distributed genus Fulica, having dark-gray plumage, a black head and neck, and often a white bill.
2. See scoter.
3. Derogatory An eccentric or crotchety person, especially an old man.
[Middle English cote, from Middle Dutch kuut, koet, of unknown origin.]
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coot

(kuːt)
n
1. (Animals) any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, esp F. atra of Europe and Asia, having lobed toes, dark plumage, and a white bill with a frontal shield: family Rallidae (rails, crakes, etc)
2. a foolish person, esp an old man (often in the phrase old coot)
[C14: probably from Low German; compare Dutch koet]
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coot

(kut)

n.
1. any aquatic rail of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes.
2. any of various other swimming or diving birds, esp. the scoters.
3. Informal. a foolish or crotchety person, esp. one who is old.
[1250–1300; Middle English cote; akin to Dutch koet]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.coot - slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling duckscoot - slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks
rail - any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
Fulica, genus Fulica - coots
American coot, Fulica americana, marsh hen, mud hen, water hen - a coot found in North America
Fulica atra, Old World coot - a coot found in Eurasia
covert - a flock of coots
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coot

noun
Related words
collective noun covert
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Translations
focha común

coot

[kuːt] N
1. (Orn) → focha f (común), fúlica f
2. (= fool) → bobo/a m/f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

coot

[ˈkuːt] n (= bird) → foulque fco-ownership [ˌkəʊˈəʊnərʃɪp] n → copropriété f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

coot

n → Wasserhuhn nt; bald as a coot → völlig kahl; to be as bald as a coot → eine Platte haben (inf)
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coot

[kuːt] n (Zool) → folaga
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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I stood forninst him, an' 'twas not me oi alone that cud tell Peg was dhrunk as a coot.
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'Hoold 'em toight,' cried the guard, 'while ar coot treaces.
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At Tristan d'Acunha, where, according to Carmichael, there are only two land-birds, there is a coot. From these facts I believe that the waders, after the innumerable web-footed species, are generally the first colonists of small isolated islands.
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