meerkoet

Dutch

Fulica atra

Alternative forms

• meirkoet (obsolete)

Etymology

From meer (“lake”) +‎ koet (“Eurasian coot, (later) coot-like bird”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeːr.kut/

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• Hyphenation: meer‧koet

Noun

meerkoet m (plural meerkoeten, diminutive meerkoetje n)

1. Eurasian coot (Fulica atra)

   Synonym: (Northern Netherlands, dialectal) waterkip

Derived terms

• Amerikaanse meerkoet
• knobbelmeerkoet

Further reading

• meerkoet on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl