cooter
cooter · cooters
A freshwater turtle of the eastern United States of the genus PseudemysA freshwater turtle of the eastern United States of the genus Pseudemys.
/ˈkutɚ/
Значение
значений: 4A freshwater turtle of the eastern United States of the genus Pseudemys.
large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico
A box turtle.
(сленг)A redneck.
(разговорное)Vagina or vulva.
Происхождение
Borrowed from Gullah cootuh (“turtle”), from an African language, e.g. Bambara kuta (“turtBorrowed from Gullah cootuh (“turtle”), from an African language, e.g. Bambara kuta (“turtle”). Attested in English from the 19th century.
Uncertain. Possibly identical to Etymology 1, above; compare clam, beaver. Alternatively, compare cooch from hootchy-kootchy.
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Формы
мн. число: cootersСинонимы
синонимов: 2Близкие по смыслу
- large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico:river cooterPseudemys concinna