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dotterel
n.
European bird of the plover family; dupe
Eurasian dotterel
The
Eurasian dotterel (
Charadrius morinellus), or in
Europe just
dotterel, is a small
wader in the
plover family of
birds. It is a brown and black streaked bird with a broad white eye-stripe and an orange-red chest band when in breeding plumage. The female is more colourful than the male. The bird is tame and unsuspecting and the term "dotterel" has been applied contemptuously to mean a doting old fool.
dotterel
Noun
1. rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia
(synonym) dotrel, Charadrius morinellus, Eudromias morinellus
(hypernym) plover
(member-holonym) Charadrius, genus Charadrius
Dotterel
(v. i.)
A silly fellow; a dupe; a gull.
(v. i.)
A European bird of the Plover family (Eudromias, / Charadrius, morinellus). It is tame and easily taken, and is popularly believed to imitate the movements of the fowler.
(a.)
Decayed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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