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coot·er
(ko͞o′tər)n.
1. Lower Southern US
a. Any of several edible, freshwater turtles of the genus Pseudemys.
b. Any of various other turtles or tortoises.
2. Vulgar Slang The female genitalia.
[Gullah, probably of Niger-Congo origin; akin to Bambara and Malinke kuta.]
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cooter
(ˈkuːtə)n
(Animals) Southern US a large freshwater turtle, Pseudemus concinna, found in southern USA and northern Mexico
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coot•er
(ˈku tər)n.
any of several large freshwater turtles of the genus Chrysemys, of the S U.S., esp. C. floridana.
[1820–30, Amer.; said to be < Bambara, Malinke kuta turtle (with related forms in other Niger-Congo languages)]
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| Noun | 1. | cooter - large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico turtle - any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming genus Pseudemys, Pseudemys - sliders; red-bellied terrapin |
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