Tattler

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tattler \Tat"tler\, n.
     1. One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.
        --Jer. Taylor.
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     2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of large, long-legged


        sandpipers belonging to the genus {Totanus}.
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     Note: The common American species are the greater tattler, or
           telltale ({Totanus melanoleucus}), the smaller tattler,
           or lesser yellowlegs ({Totanus flavipes}), the solitary
           tattler ({Totanus solitarius}), and the semipalmated
           tattler, or willet. The first two are called also
           {telltale}, {telltale spine}, {telltale tattler},
           {yellowlegs}, {yellowshanks}, and {yelper.}
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Yellowlegs \Yel"low*legs`\, n. (Zool.)
     Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the
     genus {Totanus}, in which the legs are bright yellow; --
     called also {stone snipe}, {tattler}, {telltale},
     {yellowshanks}; and {yellowshins}. See {Tattler}, 2.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tattler
       n 1: someone who gossips indiscreetly [syn: {tattletale}, {taleteller},
             {talebearer}, {telltale}, {blabbermouth}]
       2: any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud
          whistling cry