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the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > genus Fulica > fulica atra (coot) (6)
bald-coota1300

Popular name for the Coot (Fulica atra), from its pure white wide frontal plate, destitute of feathers. Used figuratively and contemptuously as = bald

water crowa1398

any of various waterbirds, esp. (a) the Eurasian coot (now rare, English regional (northern), and Scottish); †(b) a cormorant (cf. water raven n.)…

cootc1440

Afterwards restricted in literary use to the Bald Coot (Fulica atra, family Rallidæ), Meer-koet of the Dutch, a web-footed bird inhabiting the…

bell-kitea1525

The northern form of bald-coot, n. Also figurative as term of contempt.

devil1580

The coot, Fulica atra (with reference to its black colouring). Obsolete. rare.

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