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Coot vs Moorhen - What's the difference?

coot | moorhen |

As nouns the difference between coot and moorhen

is that coot is any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead while moorhen is any of various medium-sized water birds of the genus Gallinula, of the rail family, that feed in open water margins.

coot

English

(wikipedia coot) (Fulica)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
  • (colloquial) A stupid fellow; a simpleton
    • A silly coot .
  • * An old coot
  • * A rich coot
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter VII , passage=“You'll be able now to give it as your considered opinion that [Wilbert Cream] is as loony as a coot', Sir Roderick.” A pause ensued during which [the psychiatrist] appeared to be weighing this, possibly thinking back to ' coots he had met in the course of his professional career and trying to estimate their dippiness as compared with that of W. Cream.}}
  • A success; something excellent.
  • * Man that song's the coot .
  • * Would be the coot if we could go this weekend!
  • (slang) Body louse.

    • Derived terms

    (bird species) * American coot, Fulica americana * Andean coot, Fulica ardesiaca * Caribbean coot, Fulica caribaea * Eurasian coot, Fulica atra * giant coot, Fulica gigantea * Hawaiian coot, Fulica alai * horned coot, Fulica cornuta * mascarene coot, * red-fronted coot, Fulica rufifrons * red-gartered coot, Fulica armillata * red-knobbed coot, Fulica cristata * white-winged coot, Fulica leucoptera * bald as a coot * cracked as a coot * crazy as a coot * daft as a coot * daffy as a coot * deaf as a coot * dizzy as a coot * drunk as a coot * gay as a coot * happy as a coot * old coot * loony as a coot * mad as a coot * pissed as a coot * queer as a coot * rich coot * silly as a coot * simple as a coot

    Related terms

    (bird) * fulicine

    moorhen

    English

    (wikipedia moorhen) (Gallinula) (Lagopus lagopus scotica)

    Noun

    (moorhens)
  • Any of various medium-sized water birds of the genus Gallinula , of the rail family, that feed in open water margins.
  • (British) A female red grouse, .

    • Synonyms

    * gallinule * moggy (British slang)

    Derived terms

    * common moorhen, Gallinula chloropus * , Gallinula tenebrosa * , Gallinula angulata

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