dotterel vs gull

dotterel

noun
  • A small brown-and-black bird, Charadrius morinellus, of the plover family. 

  • A gullible fool, especially an elderly person with impaired faculties. 

  • Any of various small birds of Australasia thought to resemble the Eurasian dotterel. 

adj
  • decayed 

gull

noun
  • A seabird of the genus Larus or of the family Laridae. 

  • Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Cepora. 

  • One easily cheated; a dupe. 

  • A cheating trick; a fraud. 

verb
  • To trick and defraud. 

  • To deceive or cheat. 

  • To mislead. 

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