dotard n also dotter. Also: high frequency in coastal place-names.
   1983 Gazetteer of Canada: Nfld 43, 46, 48 Daughter Cove, Doater Cove, Doater Point, Doter Cove, Dotter Cove. 1984 POWELL 19 There was one seal in [the net], a small doter. 1987 ibid 24 There were always lots of seals in that bay. This is the bay seal, not the harp seal. It is the seal which we call the doter, and the young one is called the ranger.

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