borrelho — meaning in English

English meaning

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

Senses

borrelho is used for these senses in English:

• dotterel A small brown-and-black bird of species Charadrius morinellus, of the plover family. [from 15th c.]
• plover Any of various wading birds of the subfamily Charadriinae.

dotterel — full definition

1. noun A gullible fool, especially an elderly person with impaired faculties.
2. noun A small brown-and-black bird of species Charadrius morinellus, of the plover family.
3. noun Any of various small birds of Australasia thought to resemble the Eurasian dotterel.

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