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Noun: babbler  ba-b(u-)lu(r)
  1. Someone who talks a lot, esp. someone who talks too much or foolishly
    "The constant babbler at the party made it difficult for others to have a conversation";
    - chatterer, prater, chatterbox, magpie, spouter
     
  2. Any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae
    "The babbler's constant chatter could be heard throughout the jungle";
    - cackler

Derived forms: babblers

Type of: oscine, oscine bird, speaker, talker, utterer, verbaliser [Brit], verbalizer

Part of: genus Timalia, Timalia

Encyclopedia: Babbler