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Define the word cackler

"Cackler" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Cackler \Cac"kler\, n.
   1. A fowl that cackles.
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   2. One who prattles, or tells tales; a tattler.
      [1913 Webster]

"cackler" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

cackler
     n 1: a hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk
     2: any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud
        incessant song; in some classifications considered members
        of the family Muscicapidae [syn: babbler]