Babbler

3 definitions found

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

  Thrush \Thrush\, n. [OE. [thorn]rusche, AS. [thorn]rysce; akin
     to OHG. drosca, droscea, droscela, and E. throstle. Cf.
     {Throstle}.]
     1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds
        belonging to {Turdus} and allied genera. They are noted
        for the sweetness of their songs.


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     Note: Among the best-known European species are the song
           thrush or throstle ({Turdus musicus}), the missel
           thrush (see under {Missel}), the European redwing, and
           the blackbird. The most important American species are
           the wood thrush ({Turdus mustelinus}), Wilson's thrush
           ({Turdus fuscescens}), the hermit thrush (see under
           {Hermit}), Swainson's thrush ({Turdus Aliciae}), and
           the migratory thrush, or American robin (see {Robin}).
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     2. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds more
        or less resembling the true thrushes in appearance or
        habits; as the thunderbird and the American brown thrush
        (or thrasher). See {Brown thrush}.
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     {Ant thrush}. See {Ant thrush}, {Breve}, and {Pitta}.
  
     {Babbling thrush}, any one of numerous species of Asiatic
        timaline birds; -- called also {babbler}.
  
     {Fruit thrush}, any species of bulbul.
  
     {Shrike thrush}. See under {Shrike}.
  
     {Stone thrush}, the missel thrush; -- said to be so called
        from its marbled breast.
  
     {Thrush nightingale}. See {Nightingale}, 2.
  
     {Thrush tit}, any one of several species of Asiatic singing
        birds of the genus {Cochoa}. They are beautifully colored
        birds allied to the tits, but resembling thrushes in size
        and habits.
  
     {Water thrush}.
        (a) The European dipper.
        (b) An American warbler ({Seiurus Noveboracensis}).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Babbler \Bab"bler\, n.
     1. An idle talker; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets.
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              Great babblers, or talkers, are not fit for trust.
                                                    --L'Estrange.
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     2. A hound too noisy on finding a good scent.
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     3. (Zool.) A name given to any one of a family
        ({Timalin[ae]}) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering
        note.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  babbler
       n 1: an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker [syn: {chatterer},
             {prater}, {chatterbox}, {magpie}, {spouter}]
       2: any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud
          incessant song; in some classifications considered members
          of the family Muscicapidae [syn: {cackler}]