coot
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /kuːt/
coot (plural coots)
- Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
- (colloquial) A foolish or eccentric fellow
- A silly coot.
- An old coot
- A rich coot
- (slang, with the) A success; something excellent.
- Man that song's the coot.
- Would be the coot if we could go this weekend!
- (slang) Body louse (Pediculus humanus).
- (bird) fulicine
- French: foulque
- German: Blässhuhn, Blesshuhn, Blessralle, Wasserhuhn
- Italian: folaga
- Portuguese: galeirão
- Russian: лысу́ха
- Spanish: focha común
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