noun
cooter
KOOT
noun
1
(US, regional) A freshwater turtle found in the eastern United States.
"They caught a cooter sunning itself on the log."
How to Use Cooter
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA regional American name for a kind of freshwater turtle.
Word Forms
cooters plural, cooters plural, Cooters plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from Gullah cootuh ("turtle"), which traces back to a West African language, likely Bambara kuta.