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Fulica Americana
(gcide) | Mud \Mud\ (m[u^]d), n. [Akin to LG. mudde, D. modder, G. moder
mold, OSw. modd mud, Sw. modder mother, Dan. mudder mud. Cf.
Mother a scum on liquors.]
Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive.
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Mud bass (Zool.), a fresh-water fish ({Acantharchum
pomotis} or Acantharchus pomotis) of the Eastern United
States. It produces a deep grunting note.
Mud bath, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in
mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for
disease.
Mud boat, a large flatboat used in dredging.
Mud cat. See mud cat in the vocabulary.
Mud crab (Zool.), any one of several American marine crabs
of the genus Panopeus.
Mud dab (Zool.), the winter flounder. See Flounder, and
Dab.
Mud dauber (Zool.), a mud wasp; the mud-dauber.
Mud devil (Zool.), the fellbender.
Mud drum (Steam Boilers), a drum beneath a boiler, into
which sediment and mud in the water can settle for
removal.
Mud eel (Zool.), a long, slender, aquatic amphibian ({Siren
lacertina}), found in the Southern United States. It has
persistent external gills and only the anterior pair of
legs. See Siren.
Mud frog (Zool.), a European frog (Pelobates fuscus).
Mud hen. (Zool.)
(a) The American coot (Fulica Americana).
(b) The clapper rail.
Mud lark, a person who cleans sewers, or delves in mud.
[Slang]
Mud minnow (Zool.), any small American fresh-water fish of
the genus Umbra, as Umbra limi. The genus is allied to
the pickerels.
Mud plug, a plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler.
Mud puppy (Zool.), the menobranchus.
Mud scow, a heavy scow, used in dredging; a mud boat.
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Mud turtle, Mud tortoise (Zool.), any one of numerous
species of fresh-water tortoises of the United States.
Mud wasp (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
hymenopterous insects belonging to Pepaeus, and allied
genera, which construct groups of mud cells, attached,
side by side, to stones or to the woodwork of buildings,
etc. The female places an egg in each cell, together with
spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, to serve
as food for the larva. Called also mud dauber.
[1913 Webster]Coot \Coot\ (k[=oo]t), n. [Cf. D. koet, W. cwtair; cwta short,
bodtailed + iar hen; cf. cwtau to dock. Cf. Cut.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) A wading bird with lobate toes, of the genus Fulica.
The common European or bald coot is Fulica atra (see
under bald); the American is Fulica Americana.
(b) The surf duck or scoter. In the United States all the
species of ([OE]demia are called coots. See
Scoter. "As simple as a coot." --Halliwell.
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2. A stupid fellow; a simpleton; as, a silly coot. [Colloq.]
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Fulica atra
(gcide) | Coot \Coot\ (k[=oo]t), n. [Cf. D. koet, W. cwtair; cwta short,
bodtailed + iar hen; cf. cwtau to dock. Cf. Cut.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) A wading bird with lobate toes, of the genus Fulica.
The common European or bald coot is Fulica atra (see
under bald); the American is Fulica Americana.
(b) The surf duck or scoter. In the United States all the
species of ([OE]demia are called coots. See
Scoter. "As simple as a coot." --Halliwell.
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2. A stupid fellow; a simpleton; as, a silly coot. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]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 on the head or
top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a
bald head; a bald oak.
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On the bald top of an eminence. --Wordsworth.
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2. Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.
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In the preface to his own bald translation.
--Dryden.
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3. Undisguised. " Bald egotism." --Lowell.
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4. Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean. [Obs.]
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5. (Bot.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat.
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6. (Zool.)
(a) Destitute of the natural covering.
(b) Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced.
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Bald buzzard (Zool.), the fishhawk or osprey.
Bald coot (Zool.), a name of the European coot ({Fulica
atra}), alluding to the bare patch on the front of the
head.
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Heliornis fulica
(gcide) | Finfoot \Fin"foot`\, n. (Zool.)
A South American bird (Heliornis fulica) allied to the
grebes. The name is also applied to several related species
of the genus Podica.
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fulica
(wn) | Fulica
n 1: coots [syn: Fulica, genus Fulica] |
fulica americana
(wn) | Fulica americana
n 1: a coot found in North America [syn: American coot, {marsh
hen}, mud hen, water hen, Fulica americana] |
fulica atra
(wn) | Fulica atra
n 1: a coot found in Eurasia [syn: Old World coot, {Fulica
atra}] |
genus fulica
(wn) | genus Fulica
n 1: coots [syn: Fulica, genus Fulica] |
phalaropus fulicarius
(wn) | Phalaropus fulicarius
n 1: phalarope of northern oceans and lakes [syn: {red
phalarope}, Phalaropus fulicarius] |
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