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DOTTEREL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dotterel mean?
• DOTTEREL (noun)
The noun DOTTEREL has 1 sense:
1. rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia
Familiarity information: DOTTEREL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Charadrius morinellus; dotrel; dotterel; Eudromias morinellus
Hypernyms ("dotterel" is a kind of...):
plover (any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers)
Holonyms ("dotterel" is a member of...):
Charadrius; genus Charadrius (type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers)
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