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coot

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"Black waterbird"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /kuːt/Part of speech nounSorted cootStarts with CEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks

Word origin

From Middle English cote, coote, cute, cuytt (“coot”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from an unrecorded Old English word, or borrowed from Middle Dutch coet, cuut, kuut (“coot”) (whence modern Dutch koet and meerkoet (“coot”)). Possibly related to Middle High German kūz, kūze (modern German Kauz (“owl”)), Old English cȳta (“kite, bittern”) (whence English kite), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *kūt (“bird of prey”). See kite.

Used in a sentence

  • A silly coot
  • An old coot
  • A rich coot

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