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Dotterel
Dotterel meaning
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.
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Example sentences (2)
Slip into life in the Brecon Beacons in Wales as wildlife expert Iolo Williams watches the magic of the seasons unfold; birds such as dotterel in the Black Mountains and peregrines nesting in an old quarry feature in this episode.
Coastal dunes, an important habitat for endagered birds such as the New Zealand dotterel and other shorebird species continue to be subject to pressures such as development and building, loss of native plant species, and foot and vehicle traffic.