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/
Meaning
4 sensesA 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.
(slang)A redneck.
(colloquial)Vagina or vulva.
Origin
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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Forms
plural: cootersSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico:river cooterPseudemys concinna