tattler

[ tat-ler ]
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noun

  1. a person who tattles; telltale.

  2. either of two shorebirds of the genus Heteroscelus, having a loud, whistling cry.

  1. any of various related shorebirds having shrill cries, as the yellowlegs.

  2. a small bass, Serranus phoebe, of the West Indies and Florida.

Origin of tattler

1
First recorded in 1540–50; tattle + -er1

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British Dictionary definitions for tattler

tattler

/ (ˈtætlə) /

noun

  1. a person who tattles; gossip

  2. any of several sandpipers of the genus Heteroscelus, such as H. incanus (Polynesian tattler), of Pacific coastal regions

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