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Dotterel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The name of different species of fowls, of the genus Charadrius and the grallic order; as the Alexandrine dotterel the ringed dotterel and the Morinellus; also, the turnstone or sea dotterel a species of the genus Tringa.

Dotterel [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Decayed.

Dotterel [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A European bird of the Plover family (Eudromias, / Charadrius, morinellus). It is tame and easily taken, and is popularly believed to imitate the movements of the fowler.

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