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What is a coot?

What is a coot? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
  2. (colloquial) A foolish or eccentric fellow
  3. (slang, with the) A success; something excellent.
  4. (slang) Body louse.
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Not even a coot presented itself among the boats and docks, but I finally saw an Osprey at a great distance.
I saw a single coot and lots of wood pigeons perched in the dead trees surrounding the lagoon.
Hence if Balde were, well, bald as a coot, knobbly-kneed or of Bunteresque physique, he would duly be ridiculed for these signs of imperfection.
Sibelius was portrayed as a grim faced gentleman with mad, bulging eyes, bald as a coot.
Of course, native birds such as the American coot, mallard, and Brewer's blackbird also used this valuable oasis.
However, there were plenty of resident shorebirds hanging out in the lagoon as well, such as the American coot, killdeer, and American avocet.

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