COOTER

cooter, river cooter, Pseudemys concinna

(noun) large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Cooter (plural Cooters)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cooter is the 32834th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 699 individuals. Cooter is most common among White (91.56%) individuals.

Etymology 1

Noun

cooter (plural cooters)

A freshwater turtle of the eastern United States of the genus Pseudemus.

The box turtle.

(slang) A redneck.

Etymology 2

Noun

cooter (plural cooters)

(colloquial) Vagina or vulva.

Source: Wiktionary


Coot"er, n. (Zoöl.) (a) A fresh-water tortoise (Pseudemus concinna) of Florida. (b) The box tortoise.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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