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Meaning of CHATTERER

Pronunciation:  'chaturur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  passerine bird of New World tropics
  2. [n]  an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
 
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 Synonyms: babbler, chatterbox, cotinga, prater, spouter
 
 See Also: bellbird, Cephalopterus ornatus, cock of the rock, flycatcher, genus Cotinga, New World flycatcher, Rupicola peruviana, Rupicola rupicola, speaker, talker, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher, umbrella bird, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Chat"ter*er\, n.
1. A prater; an idle talker.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A bird of the family {Ampelid[ae]} -- 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}.
 

 

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