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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
dotterel
    n 1: rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia [syn: dotterel,
         dotrel, Charadrius morinellus, Eudromias morinellus]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dotterel \Dot"ter*el\, a. [Cf. Dottard.]
   Decayed. "Some old dotterel trees." [Obs.] --Ascham.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dotterel \Dot"ter*el\, n. [From Dote, v. 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.
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            In catching of dotterels we see how the foolish bird
            playeth the ape in gestures.          --Bacon.
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   Note: The ringed dotterel (or ring plover) is Charadrius
         hiaticula.
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   2. A silly fellow; a dupe; a gull. --Barrow.
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