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Webster 1913 Edition

Dotterel

Dot′ter-el

,
Adj.
[Cf.
Dottard
.]
Decayed.
“Some old dotterel trees.”
[Obs.]
Ascham.

Dot′ter-el

,
Noun.
[From
Dote
,
Verb.
I.
]
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.
Bacon.
☞ The ringed dotterel (or ring plover) is
Charadrius hiaticula
.
2.
A silly fellow; a dupe; a gull.
Barrow.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dotterel

DOTTEREL

,
Noun.
The name of different species of fowls, of the genus Charadrius and the grallic order; as the Alexandrine dotterel, the ringed dotterel, and the Morinellus; also, the turnstone or sea dotterel, a species of the genus Tringa.

Definition 2024

dotterel

dotterel

English

Noun

dotterel ‎(plural dotterels)

  1. Any of various small birds in the plover family Charadriidae, and sometimes used interchangeably with "plover".
  2. A gullible fool.

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Adjective

dotterel ‎(comparative more dotterel, superlative most dotterel)

  1. decayed
    • Ascham
      some old dotterel trees

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɒtɹəl/

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