Definition of Dotterels

1. Noun. (plural of dotterel) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dotterels

1. dotterel [n] - See also: dotterel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dotterels

dots the i's and crosses the t's
dottard
dottards
dotted
dotted bar line
dotted bar lines
dotted decimal
dotted gayfeather
dotted line
dotted the i's and crossed the t's
dotted tongue
dottel
dottels
dotter
dotterel
dotterels
dotters
dottier
dottiest
dottily
dottiness
dottinesses
dotting
dotting the i's and crossing the t's
dottle
dottled
dottler
dottles
dottlest
dottrel

Literary usage of Dotterels

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The reader's handbook of allusions, references, plots and stories by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1882)
"Lloyd, Stratagems of Jerusalem, 290. Dotterels. When dotterels do first appear, It shows that frost I* very near ; But when that ..."

2. The Wild-fowler: A Treatise on Ancient and Modern Wild-fowling, Historical by Henry Coleman Folkard (1864)
"Dotterels are naturally sluggish birds, more especially at night: the time when ... I have seen stints and red shanks, as well as dotterels, perform these ..."

3. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland: Parts 1-4 by William Jardine (1866)
"... Dotterels. FROM what we have considered as the true Plovers, we pass to the genus Charadrius or Dotterel, all the known species of which present a ..."

4. General View of the Agriculture and Minerals of Derbyshire: With by John Farey (1817)
"Dotterels: some of these are found in Foolow, Peak-Forest, Taddington, &c. Ducks, wild, frequent several of the large pieces of Water in the List, in Vol. ..."

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