Search Result for "charadrius_morinellus":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia;
[syn: dotterel, dotrel, Charadrius morinellus, Eudromias morinellus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dotterel \Dot"ter*el\, n. [From Dote, v. i.] 1. (Zool.) A European bird of the Plover family (Eudromias morinellus, syn. Charadrius morinellus). It is tame and easily taken, and is popularly believed to imitate the movements of the fowler. [1913 Webster] In catching of dotterels we see how the foolish bird playeth the ape in gestures. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Note: The ringed dotterel (or ring plover) is Charadrius hiaticula. [1913 Webster] 2. A silly fellow; a dupe; a gull. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Charadrius morinellus n 1: rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia [syn: dotterel, dotrel, Charadrius morinellus, Eudromias morinellus]