Definition of "cooter" []

• Lower Southern U.S. An edible freshwater turtle of the genus Chrysemys. (noun)
• Lower Southern U.S. Any of various turtles or tortoises. See Regional Note at goober. (noun)

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• "The cooter is the terrapin, and a very expert boatman he is."
• "Hartman had told me to be on the lookout for the southeastern turtle name cooter, with the slang meaning ` pudendum. '"
• "Random House implies that cooter rhymes with hooter; it might, outside of Charleston, but in Charleston, it doesn't."