dotterel

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A name given to various small birds in the plover family Charadriidae, and sometimes used interchangeably with "plover"
{n} a bird, called also morinel
It is tame and easily taken, and is popularly believed to imitate the movements of the fowler
{i} European bird of the plover family; dupe
A silly fellow; a dupe; a gull
A European bird of the Plover family (Eudromias, or Charadrius, morinellus)
A small plover, Chardrius morinellus, that breeds in northern Eurasia and winters in north Africa and the Middle East
Decayed
rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia
The dotterel
wind
The dotterel
morinel
The dotterel
stonerunner
sea dotterel
The turnstone
dotterel

    Hyphenation

    dot·ter·el

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ 'dä-t&-r&l, 'd&au ] (noun.) 15th century. Middle English dotrelle, irregular from doten to dote.
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