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n. A name given to various small birds in the plover family Charadriidae, and sometimes used interchangeably with "plover".

n. A gullible fool.

adj. Decayed.

n. 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.

n. A silly fellow; a dupe; a gull.

n. The popular name of a kind of plover, Ægialites or Eudromias morinellus, abundant in Europe and Asia.

n. Hence A booby; a dupe; a gull.

n. An aged, decaying tree: same as dotard, 3: also used attributively.

n. rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia

"Volunteer beach clean-ups were cancelled earlier on Tuesday due to the weather and the fact that the beaches were virtually clear of oil, but work continues to protect wildlife in the area, particularly the dotterel, an endangered New Zealand bird."

plover   

to dor the dotterel   

Black-fronted Dotterel    Erythrogonys cinctus    Thinornis rubricollis    Charadrius australis    Charadrius morinellus    Eurasian Dotterel    Shore Dotterel    Inland Dotterel    Tawny-throated Dotterel    Elseyornis melanops   

decayed    dupe    gull   

chubb    conger    goldfinch    killdeer    dace    turbot    minnow    sandpiper    bittern    gopher