(Zool.)
(a)
A wading bird with lobate toes, of the genus Fulica. The common European or bald coot is Fulica atra (see under bald); the American is Fulica Americana.
(b)
The surf duck or scoter. In the United States all the species of (OEdemia are called coots. See Scoter. "As simple as a coot."
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