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cootFreshwater 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 other invertebrates.
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Can't you imagine him--bald as a coot, with a pair of sponge-bag trousers, a little spotted tie, and a corporation? On the other hand, grebes and coots are eminently aquatic, although their toes are only bordered by membrane. Hoold 'em toight,' cried the guard, 'while ar coot treaces. |
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