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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dotterel /ˈdɒt(ə)r(ə)l/

▶noun (pl. same or dotterels) a small migratory plover which breeds in northern mountains and tundra. [Eudromias morinellus.]

■ chiefly Austral./NZ used in names of other small plovers.

– origin ME: from dote (with ref. to the birds' tameness) + -rel; cf. dodo.

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