dotterel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A gullible fool, especially an elderly person with impaired faculties.
A small brown-and-black bird of species Charadrius morinellus, of the plover family.
Any of various small birds of Australasia thought to resemble the Eurasian dotterel.

adj

/ˈdɒtɹəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dotterel.wav

dotterel dotterels more dotterel most dotterel

15th century. From dote (“to be foolish; senile”) + -rel (“pejorative suffix”). The bird is so named as it is easy to catch.

dote dotard Eurasian dotterel

black-fronted dotterel Eurasian dotterel hooded dotterel inland dotterel red-kneed dotterel sea dotterel shore dotterel tawny-throated dotterel

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