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    babbler
    [ noun ]
    1. an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker

    2. <noun.person>
    3. any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae

    4. <noun.animal>


    Babbler \Bab"bler\, n.
    1. An idle talker; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets.

    Great babblers, or talkers, are not fit for trust.
    --L'Estrange.

    2. A hound too noisy on finding a good scent.

    3. (Zo["o]l.) A name given to any one of a family
    ({Timalin[ae]}) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering
    note.

    Thrush \Thrush\, n. [OE. [thorn]rusche, AS. [thorn]rysce; akin
    to OHG. drosca, droscea, droscela, and E. throstle. Cf.
    {Throstle}.]
    1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds
    belonging to {Turdus} and allied genera. They are noted
    for the sweetness of their songs.

    Note: Among the best-known European species are the song
    thrush or throstle ({Turdus musicus}), the missel
    thrush (see under {Missel}), the European redwing, and
    the blackbird. The most important American species are
    the wood thrush ({Turdus mustelinus}), Wilson's thrush
    ({Turdus fuscescens}), the hermit thrush (see under
    {Hermit}), Swainson's thrush ({Turdus Alici[ae]}), and
    the migratory thrush, or American robin (see {Robin}).

    2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds
    more or less resembling the true thrushes in appearance or
    habits; as the thunderbird and the American brown thrush
    (or thrasher). See {Brown thrush}.

    {Ant thrush}. See {Ant thrush}, {Breve}, and {Pitta}.

    {Babbling thrush}, any one of numerous species of Asiatic
    timaline birds; -- called also {babbler}.

    {Fruit thrush}, any species of bulbul.

    {Shrike thrush}. See under {Shrike}.

    {Stone thrush}, the missel thrush; -- said to be so called
    from its marbled breast.

    {Thrush nightingale}. See {Nightingale}, 2.

    {Thrush tit}, any one of several species of Asiatic singing
    birds of the genus {Cochoa}. They are beautifully colored
    birds allied to the tits, but resembling thrushes in size
    and habits.

    {Water thrush}.
    (a) The European dipper.
    (b) An American warbler ({Seiurus Noveboracensis}).

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