What is "fulica atra"

Coot \Coot\ (k[=oo]t), n. [Cf. D. koet, W. cwtair; cwta short, bodtailed + iar hen; cf. cwtau to dock. Cf. Cut.]

1. (Zo["o]l.)

   1. 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.

   2. 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.

2. A stupid fellow; a simpleton; as, a silly coot. [Colloq.]

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.

   On the bald top of an eminence.
   --Wordsworth.

2. Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.

   In the preface to his own bald translation.
   --Dryden.

3. Undisguised. `` Bald egotism.''
   --Lowell.

4. Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean. [Obs.]

5. (Bot.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat.

6. (Zo["o]l.)

   1. Destitute of the natural covering.

   2. Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced.

      Bald buzzard (Zo["o]l.), the fishhawk or osprey.

      Bald coot (Zo["o]l.), a name of the European coot ( Fulica atra), alluding to the bare patch on the front of the head.