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Define the word chatterer

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

Chatterer \Chat"ter*er\, n.
   1. A prater; an idle talker.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Zool.) A bird of the family Ampelid[ae] -- so called
      from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer
      (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic regions of both
      continents. In America the cedar bird is a more common
      species. See Bohemian chatterer, and Cedar bird.
      [1913 Webster]

"chatterer" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

chatterer
     n 1: an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker [syn: babbler,
           prater, chatterbox, magpie, spouter]
     2: passerine bird of New World tropics [syn: cotinga]