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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Charadrius hiaticula | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Dotterel \Dot"ter*el\, n. [From {Dote}, v. i.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A European bird of the Plover family ({Eudromias, [or] 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. Note: The ringed dotterel (or ring plover) is {Charadrius hiaticula}. 2. A silly fellow; a dupe; a gull. --Barrow. | |
