Answer: coot

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COOTEccentric old man
COOTRail bird
COOTCrotchety guy
cootany of various slaty-black birds (genus Fulica) of the rail family that somewhat resemble ducks and have lobed toes and the upper mandible prolonged on the forehead as a horny frontal shield
cootany aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail
cootfoolish or crotchety person, esp. one who is old
cootharmless simple person
cootany of various other swimming or diving birds, esp. the scoters
COOTCantankerous fellow
COOTCranky oldster
COOTOld bird?
COOTSea duck
COOTNitwit
COOTWhite-billed marsh bird
COOTRailbird
COOTOld feller
COOTSymbol of baldness
COOTSenile one
COOTOld foolish person
COOTEccentric geezer
COOTFoolish old man
COOTSea duck.
COOTGame bird.
COOTSea bird.
COOTSwamphen.
COOTWater birds.
COOTBird.
COOTRail bird.
COOTEccentric one
COOTSimpleton
COOTWater fowl
COOTDuck's cousin
COOTFoolish old codger
COOTOddball
COOTMud hen
COOTRail
COOT" . . . haunts of ... and hern": Tennyson
COOTFoolish old guy
COOTMudhen
COOTFoolish one