Dotterel
[dɔtәrәl]
Definition
(a.) Decayed.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) A silly fellow; a dupe; a gull.
Checked by Joseph
Definition
n. a kind of plover named from its apparent stupidity in allowing itself to be approached and caught: a stupid fellow a dupe.
Typed by Ann