pull-doo
/ˈpʊlˌduː/(also pool-doo) US regional (southern )
noun
The American coot, Fulica americana.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in ‘Philip Paxton’ (1816–1865). From French poule d'eau water hen from poule hen + de + eau water.
- decompression sickness
- decompressor
- decondition
- deconditioned
- deconditioning
- deconflict
- deconfliction
- decongest
- decongestant
- decongestion
- deconsecrate
- deconsecration
- deconstruct
- deconstruction
- deconstructionism
- deconstructionist
- deconstructive
- decontaminant
- decontaminate
- decontamination
- decontextualise
- decontextualization
- decontextualize
- decontrol
- deconvolution