Definitions for: Tattler


[n] any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud whistling cry
[n] someone who gossips indiscreetly



Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: blabbermouth, talebearer, taleteller, tattletale, telltale

See Also: Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, gossip, gossiper, Heteroscelus incanus, newsmonger, Polynesian tattler, rumormonger, rumourmonger, sandpiper, willet

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