zeekoet

Dutch

Uria aalge

Etymology

Compound of zee (“sea”) +‎ koet (“coot, coot-like bird”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzeː.kut/

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• Hyphenation: zee‧koet

Noun

zeekoet m (plural zeekoeten, diminutive zeekoetje n)

1. one of several seabird species of the genera Uria and Cepphus
2. (particularly) common murre (Uria aalge)

Derived terms

• kortbekzeekoet
• zwarte zeekoet

Further reading

• zeekoet on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl