cootnoun [ C ]
uk/kuːt/us/kuːt/coot noun [ C ] (BIRD)
a small, dark bird that lives near rivers and lakes
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Birds which live by or on inland water
- bittern
- corncrake
- crane
- cygnet
- flamingo
- grebe
- heron
- kingfisher
- moorhen
- mute swan
- pelican
- snipe
- stork
- swan
- wader
- water bird
- waterfowl
coot noun [ C ] (PERSON)
US informal an old man who has an unusual or slightly crazy way of behaving :
Let the old coot sleep - he's not going to help us anyway.
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People in general
- beggar
- bird
- body
- breed
- bugger
- creature
- devil
- fellow man/men
- man
- mankind
- number
- party
- peeps
- person
- quarter
- rogue
- sort
- soul
- stiff
- the human race
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