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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The ring-plover, Ægialites hiaticula: so called from nesting on shingle. See cut under Ægialites.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. The ring plover, or dotterel.

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  • noun UK, dialect The ringed plover.

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  • You might not be able to get blood from a stone but would you settle for a dotterel chick?

    February 7, 2024