coot
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- noun
- /kut/
:
focha
- At Torcello, the coots assemble in small bewildered crowds in front of the church fortress.
She was bald as a coot and her arms and stuff was so soft.
- She was bald as a coot and her arms and stuff was so soft.
Examples
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From at least 1901 until 1968, as many as 200 coots lived and nested in the lagoon.
Academic text (1996) -
Or a bout of bad weather may have killed the freshwater plants on which coots feed.
Academic text (1996) -
Let's get going, they say, the lagoon is waiting: the wind is falling and coots and herons attend us.
Fiction book (1997) -
Whatever the reason, or reasons, the coots' demise illustrates the precarious existence of small populations tied to small islands.
Academic text (1996) -
Long-legged water birds: jacanas, swamp hens, coots, and little and purple herons foraged among the plants.
Academic text (2006) -
While walking by the lake, I spotted a coot swimming gracefully among the reeds.
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The coot nibbled on the aquatic plants just below the water's surface.
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During the spring, many coots build nests near the shoreline to raise their chicks.
Synonyms
A group of medium-sized water birds called coots with lobed feet
A medium water bird with dark feathers that swims in lakes and ponds
A small bird that lives in marshes, like the American coot
A small bird that lives near water like a moorhen or coot
Compounds
A medium-sized water bird with a gray body and white bill often found in lakes and ponds
A water bird found in Europe and Asia with a white bill and a white patch on its forehead
Surface Forms
Etymology
Coot comes from old European names for the same bird, for example Dutch koet, which meant a small 'water bird'. So coot today still names that dark, duck-like bird with a white bill and forehead.