Babbler

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  • noun. One that babbles.
  • noun. Any of numerous songbirds of the family Timaliidae, found mostly in tropical and subtropical Southeast Asian and African forests.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who babbles; an idle talker; an irrational prater; one who says things heedlessly or mischievously.
  • noun. In ornithology: A name of various old-world dentirostral oscine passerine birds more or less nearly related to thrushes. plural The family Timaliidæ or subfamily Timaliinæ of Turdiæ, an uncertain group of generally short-winged and short-tailed birds, definable by no common characters.
  • noun. In hunting, a dog that yelps or gives tongue too much when in the field.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An idle talker; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets.
  • noun. A hound too noisy on finding a good scent.
  • noun. A name given to any one of a family (Timalinæ) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering note.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Someone who babbles.
  • noun. Any of several passerine birds, of the families Timaliidae (found in Asia, Africa) and Pomatostomidae (found in Australia).
  • noun. A hound who is too noisy on finding a good scent.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae
  • noun. an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
  • Word Usage
    "Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better."
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