U.S. [f. FLUSTER v. + -ER1 (see quot. 1808).] The common American coot, Fulica americana.
1709. J. Lawson, History of Carolina, 149. Black Flusterers…. Some call these the Great Bald Coot.
1808–14. A. Wilson, Amer. Ornith. (1829), iii. 210, note. In Carolina they are called Flusterers from the noise they make in flying over the surface of the water.
