bald-coot

bald-coot
[ʹbɔ:ldku:t] n
1. зоол. лысуха (Fulica atra)
2. пренебр.
1) лысый, плешивый (человек)
2) монах (с тонзурой)

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  • Bald coot — Bald Bald (b[add]ld), a. [OE. balled, ballid, perh. the p. p. of ball to reduce to the roundness or smoothness of a ball, by removing hair. [root]85. But cf. W. bali whiteness in a horse s forehead.] 1. Destitute of the natural or common covering …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bald-coot — baldˈ coot or baldˈicoot noun The coot, from its pure white wide frontal plate • • • Main Entry: ↑bald …   Useful english dictionary

  • bald coot — noun 1. : the Old World coot 2. : florida gallinule 3. : coot 4 * * * bald coot, a species of coot common in Europe …   Useful english dictionary

  • bald coot — /bɔld ˈkut/ (say bawld kooht) noun → purple swamphen …  

  • Coot — (k[=oo]t), n. [Cf. D. koet, W. cwtair; cwta short, bodtailed + iar hen; cf. cwtau to dock. Cf. {Cut}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A wading bird with lobate toes, of the genus {Fulica}. The common European or bald coot is {Fulica atra} (see under {bald});… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bald — (b[add]ld), a. [OE. balled, ballid, perh. the p. p. of ball to reduce to the roundness or smoothness of a ball, by removing hair. [root]85. But cf. W. bali whiteness in a horse s forehead.] 1. Destitute of the natural or common covering on the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bald buzzard — Bald Bald (b[add]ld), a. [OE. balled, ballid, perh. the p. p. of ball to reduce to the roundness or smoothness of a ball, by removing hair. [root]85. But cf. W. bali whiteness in a horse s forehead.] 1. Destitute of the natural or common covering …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • coot — /kut / (say kooht) noun 1. any of the aquatic birds of the genus Fulica characterised by lobate toes and short wings and tail, as the Eurasian coot, Fulica atra, a black bird with a white frontal shield and bill. 2. Also, bald coot. → purple… …  

  • bald as a coot — A person who is completely bald is as bald as a coot …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • bald as a coot — see under ↑coot1 • • • Main Entry: ↑bald …   Useful english dictionary

  • bald — (adj.) c.1300, ballede, probably, with M.E. ede adjectival suffix, from Celt. bal white patch, blaze especially on the head of a horse or other animal (from PIE root *bhel (1) to shine, flash, gleam; see BLEACH (Cf. bleach)). Cf., from the same… …   Etymology dictionary


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