- dotterels
- dot·ter·el || 'dɒtrəl n. European bird of the plover family; dupe
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Charadrius hiaticula — Dotterel Dot ter*el, n. [From {Dote}, v. i.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Charadrius morinellus — Dotterel Dot ter*el, n. [From {Dote}, v. i.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dotterel — Dot ter*el, n. [From {Dote}, v. i.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) 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. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
