bald coot

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bald coot - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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              On the bald top of an eminence.       --Wordsworth.
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     2. Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.
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              In the preface to his own bald translation.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     3. Undisguised. " Bald egotism." --Lowell.
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     4. Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean. [Obs.]
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     5. (Bot.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat.
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     6. (Zool.)
        (a) Destitute of the natural covering.
        (b) Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced.
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     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.
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