Bible Dictionaries
Dotterel

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. i.) A European bird of the Plover family (Eudromias, / Charadrius, morinellus). It is tame and easily taken, and is popularly believed to imitate the movements of the fowler.

(2):

(a.) Decayed.

(3):

(v. i.) A silly fellow; a dupe; a gull.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dotterel'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/dotterel.html. 1828.