adj
Meaning 1
decayed
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dotterel
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/ˈdɒtɹəl/
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noun
Meaning 2
A gullible fool, especially an elderly person with impaired faculties.
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noun
Meaning 3
A small brown-and-black bird of species Charadrius morinellus, of the plover family.
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Eurasian dotterel
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Any of various small birds of Australasia thought to resemble the Eurasian dotterel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand
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noun
Meaning 5
rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dotrel, Charadrius morinellus, Eudromias morinellus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plover
History
Etymology
15th century. From dote (“to be foolish; senile”) + -rel (“pejorative suffix”). The bird is so named as it is easy to catch.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: планински дъждосвирец (planinski dǎždosvirec) — bird in the plover family Charadriidae
- Chinese Mandarin: 小嘴鴴 /小嘴鸻 (xiǎozuǐhéng) — bird in the plover family Charadriidae
- Dutch: morinelplevier — bird in the plover family Charadriidae
- Finnish: kurmitsa — bird in the plover family Charadriidae
- Finnish: kapustarinta — bird in the plover family Charadriidae
- Finnish: tylli — bird in the plover family Charadriidae
- Greek: βουνοσφυριχτής (vounosfyrichtís) — bird in the plover family Charadriidae
- Hungarian: lile — bird in the plover family Charadriidae
- Irish: amadán móinteach — bird in the plover family Charadriidae
- Māori: kūkuruatu — bird in the plover family Charadriidae
- Māori: tūturiwhatu — bird in the plover family Charadriidae
- Māori: pohowera — bird in the plover family Charadriidae
- Polish: sieweczka — bird in the plover family Charadriidae
- Portuguese: borrelho — bird in the plover family Charadriidae
- Romanian: prundăraș de munte — bird in the plover family Charadriidae
- Romanian: ploier de munte — bird in the plover family Charadriidae
- Russian: ржа́нка (ržánka) — bird in the plover family Charadriidae
- Russian: хрустан (xrustan) — bird in the plover family Charadriidae
- Scottish Gaelic: amadan-mòintich — bird in the plover family Charadriidae
- Spanish: chorlito carambolo — bird in the plover family Charadriidae
- Turkish: kalinis — bird in the plover family Charadriidae