Coot (disambiguation) explained

A coot is a water bird.

Coot or Coots may also refer to:

People

• Jamie Coots (1971–2014), American Pentecostal pastor and snake handler
• John Frederick Coots, American songwriter who wrote "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"
• Ed "Coots" Matthews, co-founder of Boots & Coots, a company specializing in putting out oil well fires

Aircraft

• the NATO reporting name of four Soviet airplanes:
  • Coot, the second version of the Ilyushin Il-18, or a generic designation for the Il-18, Il-20, Il-22 and Il-24
  • Coot-A, the Ilyushin Il-20 (1948)
  • Coot-B, the Il-22, an airborne command center version of the Il-18
  • Coot-C, the Ilyushin Il-24, an unbuilt variant
• Taylor Coot, an amphibious civilian airplane built by Moulton Taylor

Other uses

• Coot (vehicle), a four-wheel-drive articulated amphibious ATV built in the U.S. from 1967 to 1985
• Coot (trawler), the first Icelandic trawler
• Coots Lake, a lake in Georgia
• Coot Kin, a family of cartoon characters
• Coot (software), Crystallographic Object-Oriented Toolkit, a free chemistry software
• the Colby Outdoor Orientation Trips at Colby College, Maine

See also

• Coote (disambiguation)
• Koot (disambiguation)