cooter

coot·er

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [koo-ter]
- /ˈku tər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [koo-ter]
- /ˈku tər/

Definitions of cooter word

noun cooter a large freshwater turtle, Pseudemus concinna, found in southern USA and northern Mexico 3
noun cooter any of various large freshwater terrapins (esp. Pseudemys concinna) of the S U.S. and N Mexico 3
noun cooter Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico. 1
noun cooter A North American river turtle with a dull brown shell and typically having yellow stripes on the head. 1
noun cooter A freshwater tortoise of the eastern United States of the genus Pseudemus. 0
noun cooter The box turtle. 0

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Origin of cooter

First appearance:

before 1820

One of the 38% newest English words

1820-30; said to be < Bambara, Malinke kuta turtle (with related forms in other Niger-Congo languages); compare coot to copulate (of sea turtles), first attested in the Caribbean in 1667

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Parts of speech for Cooter

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cooter popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for cooter

noun cooter

slowpoke — a person who makes slow progress.
tortoise — a turtle, especially a terrestrial turtle.
chelonian — any reptile of the order Chelonia, including the tortoises and turtles, in which most of the body is enclosed in a protective bony capsule
snapper — any of several large marine food fishes of the family Lutjanidae.
terrapin — any of several edible North American turtles of the family Emydidae, inhabiting fresh or brackish waters, especially the diamondback terrapin: some are threatened or endangered.

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