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Topic: BIRDS

Date: 1200-1300
Origin: Perhaps from Middle Dutch coet

coot

 noun
     
coot [countable]
1HBB a small black and white water bird with a short beak
2

old coot

American English informal an old man who you think is strange or unpleasant:
a miserable, mean old coot
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