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9 words match “DOTTEREL”

DOTTEREL a. 3 definitions
Decayed. "Some old dotterel trees." [Obs.] Ascham.
SEA DOTTEREL n.
The turnstone.
DOTTREL n.
See Dotterel.
MORINEL n.
The dotterel.
RING n.
l (Zoöl.), the circular water tube which surrounds the esophagus of echinoderms. -- Ring dotterel, or Ringed dotterel. (Zoöl.) See Dotterel, and Illust. of Pressiroster. -- Ring dropper, a sharper who pretends to have found a ring (dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy it as valuable, it being worth…
RINGLESTONE n.
The ringed dotterel, or ring plover. [Prov.Eng.]
STONEHATCH n.
The ring plover, or dotterel. [Prov. Eng.]
STONERUNNER n. 2 definitions
The ring plover, or the ringed dotterel. [Prov. Eng.]
WIND n.
The dotterel. [Prov. Eng.]