CHATTERER

cotinga, chatterer

(noun) passerine bird of New World tropics

chatterer, babbler, prater, chatterbox, magpie, spouter

(noun) an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

chatterer (plural chatterers)

A person who chatters; a chatterbox.

Any of several passerine birds, mostly from South America; especially the cotingas.

Synonyms

• See also chatterbox

Anagrams

• charrette, retraceth

Source: Wiktionary

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Chat"ter*er, n.

1. A prater; an idle talker.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A bird of the family Ampelidæ -- so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic regions of both continents. In America the cedar bird is a more common species. See Bohemian chatterer, and Cedar bird.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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