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dotterels

dotterels is the plural of dotterel.

Meaning of dotterel

Noun

dotterel (plural dotterels)

  1. A gullible fool, especially an elderly person with impaired faculties.
    • This poor dotterel, Sir Arthur, is playing fast and loose with me.1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, vol. V, letter 88
    Synonyms:
    dotard
  2. A small brown-and-black bird of species Charadrius morinellus, of the plover family.
  3. (Australia, New Zealand) Any of various small birds of Australasia thought to resemble the Eurasian dotterel.

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Phrases with dotterels

Questions about dotterels

What is dotterels the plural of?
Dotterels is the plural of dotterel.

Words near dotterels in the dictionary

  1. dottedness
  2. dottel
  3. dottels
  4. dotter
  5. dotterel
  6. dotterels
  7. Dotterer
  8. Dotterers
  9. dotters
  10. dotteth
  11. dottie

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