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dotterel
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun dotterel has 1 sense
- dotterel(n = noun.animal) charadrius morinellus, dotrel, eudromias morinellus - rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia; Array is a kind of plover
is a member of charadrius, genus charadrius
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dotterel, n. a small migrant plover, Eudromias morinellus.
Etymology
ME f. DOTE + -REL, named from the ease with which it is caught, taken to indicate stupidity
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