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Dotterel \Dot"ter*el\, a. [Cf. {Dottard}.]
Decayed. "Some old dotterel trees." [Obs.] --Ascham.
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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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