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 Meaning of TATTLER
| Pronunciation: |  | 'tatlur 
 
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[n]  any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud whistling cry  [n]  someone who gossips indiscreetly   |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | blabbermouth, talebearer, taleteller, tattletale, telltale |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, gossip, gossiper, Heteroscelus incanus, newsmonger, Polynesian tattler, rumormonger, rumourmonger, sandpiper, willet |  |     |  |  Webster's 1913 Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | \Tat"tler\, n.
1. One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.
   --Jer. Taylor.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of large,
   long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus {Totanus}.
Note: The common American species are the greater tattler, or
      telltale ({T. melanoleucus}), the smaller tattler, or
      lesser yellowlegs ({T. flavipes}), the solitary tattler
      ({T. 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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