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Dotterel   Listen
noun
Dotterel  n.  
1.
(Zool.) A European bird of the Plover family (Eudromias morinellus, syn. Charadrius morinellus). It is tame and easily taken, and is popularly believed to imitate the movements of the fowler. "In catching of dotterels we see how the foolish bird playeth the ape in gestures." Note: The ringed dotterel (or ring plover) is Charadrius hiaticula.
2.
A silly fellow; a dupe; a gull.






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"Dotterel" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the panakin like thick cream, and stuck to the horses' noses like pipe-clay. They drank sparingly however, and took but little grass during the night. As we pursued our journey homewards on the following day, we passed several flights of dotterel making to the south, this being the first migration we had observed in that direction. These birds were in great numbers on the plains of Adelaide the year preceding, and had afforded good sport to my ...
— Expedition into Central Australia • Charles Sturt



Words linked to "Dotterel" :   plover, dotrel, Charadrius, genus Charadrius, Eudromias morinellus



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