old world coot

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   a coot found in Eurasia

   SynonymsFulica atra

   Broadercoot

   Part ofFulica

Questions about old world coot

What does old world coot mean?

old world coot means "a coot found in Eurasia".

What is another word for old world coot?

Close synonyms include Fulica atra. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is old world coot a common word?

old world coot is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.