noun. The popular name of a kind of plover, Ægialites or Eudromias morinellus, abundant in Europe and Asia.

noun. Hence A booby; a dupe; a gull.

noun. An aged, decaying tree: same as dotard, 3: also used attributively.

noun. 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.

noun. A silly fellow; a dupe; a gull.

adjective. Decayed.

noun. A name given to various small birds in the plover family Charadriidae, and sometimes used interchangeably with "plover".

noun. A gullible fool.

noun. rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia

"Volunteer beach clean-ups were cancelled earlier on Tuesday due to the weather and the fact that the beaches were virtually clear of oil, but work continues to protect wildlife in the area, particularly the dotterel, an endangered New Zealand bird."

to dor the dotterel  

Black-fronted Dotterel  Charadrius australis  Charadrius morinellus  Elseyornis melanops  Erythrogonys cinctus  

plover  

bittern  chubb  conger  curlew  dace  

decayed  dupe  gull