babbler
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bab·bler
(băb'lər) 
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n.
- One that babbles: a babbler of half-truths.
- A tape recording of numerous voices talking at the same time, used as an antibugging device to hinder or prevent eavesdropping.
babbler, common name for some members of the large, diversified family Timaliidae, passerine birds found primarily in wooded areas of Asia, Africa, and Australia. Babblers have soft, fluffy plumage and vary in coloring; various species resemble other birds, and five of the seven groups of babblers are named on this basis-the wren babblers, the tit babblers, the laughing thrushes, and the crow tits, or parrotbills. The wren tit, the only American babbler (found W of the Rockies), is believed to be an offshoot of the crow tits. Other groups are called ground babblers, found in Australia; jungle babblers, distributed in the Philippines; and rock fowl, found in W Africa. Babblers are insectivorous and, as their name suggests, are noisy birds. They are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Timaliidae.
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noun, Austral and NZ
A cook. esp. one who works in a sheep station, army camp, etc. (1919 —) .
Weekly News (Auckland): We worked it out that the old babbler made 112,000 rock cakes during those four months (1963).
[Short for babbling brooknoun. ]
noun, Austral and NZ
A cook. esp. one who works in a sheep station, army camp, etc. (1919 —) .
Weekly News (Auckland): We worked it out that the old babbler made 112,000 rock cakes during those four months (1963).
[Short for babbling brook
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| babbling brook, babe, babelicious |
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Babbler
Babbler may refer to:
- Old World babbler, a large family of mostly Old World passerine birds
- Australo-Papuan babbler, passerine birds endemic to Australia-New Guinea
- The Babbler, the journal of BirdLife International in Indochina
- The Babbler, the occasional newsletter of the Murray Goulburn Bird Observers Club
- Vic Babbler, the newsletter of Birds Australia - Victoria
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Babbler
Dansk (Danish)
n. - sludrechatol
Nederlands (Dutch)
wauwelaar, spraakwaterval, klikspaan
Français (French)
n. - bavard(e)
Deutsch (German)
n. - Schwätzer
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πολυλογάς, φλύαρος, τσίχλα (το πουλί), σκυλί που γαβγίζει πολύ
Italiano (Italian)
chiacchierone, parolaio
Português (Portuguese)
n. - tagarela (m)
Русский (Russian)
болтун, трепач
Español (Spanish)
n. - charlatán, parlanchín
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pratmakare
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
口齿不清的人, 唠叨的人, 牙牙学语的婴儿, 胡言乱语的人
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 口齒不清的人, 嘮叨的人, 牙牙學語的嬰兒, 胡言亂語的人
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 수다쟁이, 지빠귀(등의) 작은 새, 요리사
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - バブバブ言う乳児, おしゃべり
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) طفل يهذي, ثرثار
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - פטפטן, מגלה סודות
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