coot

/kuːt/

noun 3

Collocations

ADJ.

old, rich, silly

VERB + COOT

can't, tell

COOT + NOUN

moorhen

PREP.

from

noun

Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.

A foolish or eccentric fellow

A silly coot

An old coot

noun

Body louse (Pediculus humanus).

A silly coot

Wiktionary

An old coot

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A rich coot

Wiktionary

Tom can't tell a coot from a moorhen.

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