'Fulica atra' definitions:

Definition of 'Fulica atra'

noun

A coot found in Eurasia [syn: Old World coot, Fulica atra]

From: GCIDE

Bald \Bald\ (b[add]ld), a. [OE. balled, ballid, perh. the p. p. of ball to reduce to the roundness or smoothness of a ball, by removing hair. [root]85. But cf. W. bali whiteness in a horse's forehead.]
1. Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak. [1913 Webster]
On the bald top of an eminence. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
2. Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal. [1913 Webster]
In the preface to his own bald translation. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
3. Undisguised. " Bald egotism." --Lowell. [1913 Webster]
4. Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
5. (Bot.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat. [1913 Webster]
6. (Zool.) (a) Destitute of the natural covering. (b) Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced. [1913 Webster]
Bald buzzard (Zool.), the fishhawk or osprey.
Bald coot (Zool.), a name of the European coot ({Fulica atra}), alluding to the bare patch on the front of the head. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Coot \Coot\ (k[=oo]t), n. [Cf. D. koet, W. cwtair; cwta short, bodtailed + iar hen; cf. cwtau to dock. Cf. Cut.]
1. (Zool.) (a) A wading bird with lobate toes, of the genus Fulica. The common European or bald coot is Fulica atra (see under bald); the American is Fulica Americana. (b) The surf duck or scoter. In the United States all the species of ([OE]demia are called coots. See Scoter. "As simple as a coot." --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
2. A stupid fellow; a simpleton; as, a silly coot. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]