cooter

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/ˈkutɚ/

noun

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

Similar
river cooterPseudemys concinna
OriginGullah cootuh →
UncommonScrabble 8
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Meanings

cooter1

nouncooter (plural cooters)

plural cooters

  1. A freshwater turtle of the eastern United States of the genus Pseudemys.
  2. A box turtle.
  3. slangA redneck.

cooter2

nouncooter (plural cooters)

plural cooters

  1. colloquialVagina or vulva.

    There was a bright red tongue tattooed over most of her cooter and there was a thick, gold ring that had been pierced through her clit.

    2006, Tiva Wallon, A Donovan to Love, page 65

cooter3

nouncooter (plural cooters)

plural cooters

  1. alternativeAlternative form of couter (“a sovereign (coin)”).

Cooter4

proper nounCooter (plural Cooters)

plural Cooters

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounlarge river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico

Similar
river cooterPseudemys concinna
Broader
turtle
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

cooter · noun

  1. Gullahcootuh“turtle”
  2. Englishcooter

Borrowed from Gullah cootuh (“turtle”), from an African language, e.g. Bambara kuta (“turtle”). Attested in English from the 19th century.

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cooter · noun

Uncertain. Possibly identical to Etymology 1, above; compare clam, beaver. Alternatively, compare cooch from hootchy-kootchy.

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cooter · noun

See couter.

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Cite this entry
APA

cooter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cooter

MLA

“cooter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cooter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cooter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cooter.

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