1) Amusing old guy 2) Aquatic avian 3) Aquatic bird 4) Aquatic rail 5) Bird of the rail family 6) Bird or geezer 7) Black aquatic bird 8) Black waterfowl 9) Black-plumed marsh bird 10) Black-plumed pond swimmer 11) Black-plumed water bird 12) Cantankerous fellow 13) Cantankerous old guy 14) Codger 15) Cranky oldster
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1) Codger 2) Geezer 3) Old geezer
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Coots are medium-sized water birds that are members of the Rallidae (rail) family. They constitute the genus Fulica. Coots have predominantly black plumage, and—unlike many rails—they are usually easy to see, often swimming in open water. They are close relatives of the moorhen. Coots have prominent frontal shields or other decoration on the f...
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[software] The program Coot (Crystallographic Object-Oriented Toolkit) is used to display and manipulate atomic models of macromolecules, typically of proteins or nucleic acids, using 3D computer graphics. It is primary focussed on the building and validation of atomic models into 3-dimensional electron density maps obtained by X-ray crysta...
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[trawler] The Coot (GK 310) was the first Icelandic trawler. She was built in 1892 by the Glasgow firm William H. Hamilton & Co. and purchased in Aberdeen. Prior to the arrival of the Coot there had attempts by various foreign owned companies to run trawling fleets off Iceland but these had not proved commercially successful. A Devon fisher...
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• (n.) The surf duck or scoter. In the United States all the species of (/demia are called coots. See Scoter. • (n.) A wading bird with lobate toes, of the genus Fulica. • (n.) A stupid fellow; a simpleton; as, a silly coot.
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any of ten species of ducklike water-dwelling birds of the genus Fulica in the rail family, Rallidae. Coots are found throughout the world in larger ... [2 related articles]
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part of the rail family; small, all black plumage; a favorite food of bald eagles especially during fall migration
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Coot (kōt)
noun [ Confer Dutch
koet , W.
cwtair ;
cwta short, bodtailed +
iar hen; confer
cwtau to dock. Confer
Cut .]
1. (Zoology) (a) A wading bird with lobate toes, of the genus
Fulica . The common European or bald co...
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The common coot (Fulica atra) is a British water bird of the rail family frequenting lakes and ponds. There are four toes, the three anterior long, not fully webbed, but with fringing membranes to each. The plumage is black below, and slate-grey above, with a white bar on the wings. The forehead is bald. The nest is an elevated structure built of f...
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Coot is British slang for a fool, particularly an old fool.
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[
n] - slaty-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks
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noun slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks
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Freshwater bird of the genus
Fulica in the rail family, order Gruiformes. Coots are about 38 cm/1.2 ft long, and mainly black. They have a white bill, extending up the forehead in a plate, and big feet with four lobed toes. Coots are omnivores, but feed mainly on water weed, except as chicks, when they feed on insects and oth...
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any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail. · any of various other swimming or diving birds, esp. the scoters. · a foolish or crotchety person, esp. one who is old.
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