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DOTREL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia
Synonyms:
Charadrius morinellus; dotrel; dotterel; Eudromias morinellus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dotrel" 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 ("dotrel" is a member of...):
Charadrius; genus Charadrius (type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers)