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.
decayed
A migratory plover of the genus Pluvialis, having black underparts and a golden back in the breeding season, now regarded as the three species P. apricaria of Europe, P. fulva of the Pacific coasts, and P. dominica of North America.