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Definition of coot:
Synonyms:
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bird (part of speech: noun)
- grackle,
- road runner,
- snipe,
- crow,
- stork,
- peregrine,
- yellowbird,
- penguin,
- bluebill,
- crested jay,
- barn owl,
- condor,
- turkey,
- loon,
- sandpiper,
- blackbird,
- peacock,
- emu,
- swallow,
- cuckoo,
- jackdaw,
- eagle,
- bird,
- mockingbird,
- horned owl,
- oriole,
- tern,
- parrot,
- gull,
- swift,
- robin,
- parakeet,
- vulture,
- lovebird,
- ibis,
- partridge,
- wren,
- thrush,
- bittern,
- pheasant,
- myna,
- hawk,
- duck,
- hummingbird,
- lark,
- canary,
- sea gull,
- woodpecker,
- harrier,
- pelican,
- mourning dove,
- ostrich,
- tit,
- crane,
- egret,
- curlew,
- weaver,
- owl,
- grouse,
- cockatoo,
- jay,
- cardinal,
- dove,
- chickadee,
- goose,
- sheldrake,
- osprey,
- plover,
- cormorant,
- teal,
- raven,
- finch,
- heron,
- grosbeak,
- nuthatch,
- redwing,
- booby,
- waxwing,
- squab,
- rook,
- Canada goose,
- blue jay,
- nightingale,
- starling,
- bluebird,
- ringtail,
- macaw,
- swan,
- puffin,
- dodo,
- bald eagle,
- magpie,
- falcon,
- cassowary,
- quetzal,
- turtledove,
- goldfinch,
- mallard,
- pigeon,
- sparrow,
- flamingo,
- kingfisher,
- buzzard,
- bullfinch,
- spoonbill,
- songbird,
- albatross,
- redbird
Usage examples:
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He made note of her wishes concerning a cherished feather bed which it had struck her was too good for that " shiftless coot," Cousin Phoebe's husband, to lie upon, and, bidding her bring her witnesses on the morrow, bustled the will into his safe and fell upon his papers after the manner of all lawyer kind since Chaucer's sergeant of the law who " semed besier than he was."
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It iss over eight mile from here," said Ian; " an' a coot shentleman he iss, too.
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He said he knew it; that the poor coot should be in some good institution right now, where the state could look after him.