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coot
I. \ˈküt, usu -üd.+V\ noun
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Etymology: Middle English coote; akin to Dutch koet coot
1. : any of certain sluggish slow-flying slaty-black birds that somewhat resemble ducks, have lobed toes and the upper mandible prolonged on the forehead as a horny frontal shield, and constitute a genus (Fulica) of the family Rallidae, the No. American representative (F. americana) being distinguished from the common one of the Old World (F. atra) by a white wing patch
2. : any No. American scoter; sometimes : any of several other American ducks — often used with a qualifying word
< mud coot >
3. : a person often old and harmless and sometimes not bright
< poor old coot with no one to look after him — Ruth Park >
< crazy as a coot >
4. : a large purplish blue rail (Porphyrio porphyrio) widely distributed in Australia and the islands of the southwestern Pacific especially in marshland and about forest margins — called also bald coot, swamphen
II. \ˈkœ̅t\ noun
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Etymology: Middle Low German kote hoof, fetlock; akin to Middle Dutch cote knuckle, knucklebone, Old Frisian kāte knuckle, Middle Low German kūt entrails, calf of the leg — more at kyte
Scotland : the ankle joint; also : foot I 1 |