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bab·bler
(băb′lər)n.
1. One that babbles: a babbler of half-truths.
2. Any of numerous songbirds of the family Timaliidae, found mostly in tropical and subtropical Southeast Asian and African forests.
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babbler
(ˈbæblə)n
1. a person who babbles
2. (Animals) any of various insect-eating birds of the Old World tropics and subtropics that have a loud incessant song: family Muscicapidae (warblers, thrushes, etc)
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Noun | 1. | babbler - an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker speaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, utterer - someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims" |
2. | babbler - any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus genus Timalia, Timalia - type genus of the Timaliidae |
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babbler
n → Plaudertasche f (inf)
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