cooter
3
9.9
- noun
- /ˈkuːtər/
- US
:
tortuga cooter
- During our nature hike, we identified a cooter as it slid off a log and into the water.
Examples
-
Oh, man, we were, we just saw a cooter run by here, you know?
-
The guy who ran the John Deere harvester was nicknamed Cooter.
-
While kayaking on the river, we spotted a cooter basking on a rock in the sun.
-
The cooter is a common sight in the southern rivers, often seen swimming alongside other turtles.
Synonyms
A large river turtle found in the southern United States and northern Mexico
A large freshwater turtle with a smooth shell that lives in rivers of the southern US and Mexico
A freshwater turtle often kept and sold as a pet
Compounds
- US
A large freshwater turtle with a smooth shell that lives in rivers of the southern US and Mexico
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cooter comes from the Gullah word kuta, which means 'turtle' and comes from West African languages. That's why people in the American South call the big river turtles you see sunning on logs cooters.