dotterel
/ˈdɒtərəl/noun
1- a small plover with a brown streaked back and a chestnut or buff belly with black below. Dotterels breed in mountainous areas and in the tundra小嘴鸻。
1.1
- Genus Eudromias, family Charadriidae: two species, especially the Eurasian E. morinellus, which is noted for its tameness.小嘴鸻属, 鸻科：2种, 尤指以驯养著称的欧亚小嘴鸻。
1.2
- with modifier Austral./NZ any small plover, especially one of the genus Charadrius〈澳/新西兰〉鸻鸟（尤指鸻属鸟）。
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