Plural of dottrel; multiple dottrel birds or foolish people.
Standard English plural formed by adding '-s' to 'dottrel'.
Dottrels appear in classical literature and poetry as symbols of foolishness, and the bird itself was so hunted that populations declined significantly—their vulnerability made them both a valuable game bird and a metaphor for stupidity.
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