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Webster 1913 Edition

Cooter

Coot′er

(-ẽr)
,
Noun.
(Zool.)
(a)
A fresh-water tortoise (
Pseudemus concinna
) of Florida.
(b)
The box tortoise.

Definition 2025

cooter

cooter

English

Noun

cooter ‎(plural cooters)

  1. A freshwater tortoise of the eastern United States of the genus Pseudemus.
  2. The box turtle.
  3. (slang) A redneck.

See also

Etymology 2

Compare cooch.

Noun

cooter ‎(plural cooters)

  1. (colloquial) **** or ****.
    • 2006, Tiva Wallon, A Donovan to Love (page 65)
      There was a bright red tongue tattooed over most of her cooter and there was a thick, gold ring that had been pierced through her ****.

Etymology

From Gullah cootuh ‎(“turtle”), from an African language, e.g. Bambara kuta ‎(“turtle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkutɚ/

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