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coot (n.)
c. 1300,
cote
, used for various water fowl (now limited to
Fulica atra
and, in North America,
F. americana
), of uncertain origin. Compare Dutch
meercoet
"lake coot." Meaning "silly person, fool" is attested from 1766.
