coot

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Recent Examples of coot Jamie Smart, aged eight, was recognized for his striking image of a pheasant sitting on a farm gate beside blossoming blackthorn in spring, while 17-year-old Max Wood won the overall young photographer title with his photo of a coot running across a misty lake in Surrey, UK. Nell Lewis, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024 Unable to obtain carcasses of Eurasian coot or teal, the researchers used the wing bones of two female mallard ducks. Franz Lidz, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023 While the common coot pictured here and the American coot are species of least concern on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List, certain other rails are highly threatened. Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023 The flutes went unnoticed until last year when Dr. Davin observed marks on seven wing bones of Eurasian coots and Eurasian teals. Franz Lidz, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for coot 

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“Coot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coot. Accessed 6 Dec. 2024.

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