cooter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cooter
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
Example Sentences
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Menu includes venison, quail, cooter, frog legs and alligator.
From Washington Post
The red-bellied cooter is a state and federally listed endangered species.
From Washington Times
A “cooter” is a box-tortoise, and the noun is turned into a verb with an ease characteristic of the mountaineers.
From Project Gutenberg
The owl is hooting to the night, The cooter crawling o'er the bank, And in that pond the flashing light Tells where the alligator sank.
From Project Gutenberg
The owl is hooting to the night, The cooter crawling o’er the bank, And in that pond the flashing light Tells where the alligator sank.
From Project Gutenberg
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