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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
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
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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