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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tattler \Tat"tler\, n.
1. One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.
--Jer. Taylor.
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2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of large, long-legged
sandpipers belonging to the genus {Totanus}.
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Note: The common American species are the greater tattler, or
telltale ({Totanus melanoleucus}), the smaller tattler,
or lesser yellowlegs ({Totanus flavipes}), the solitary
tattler ({Totanus solitarius}), and the semipalmated
tattler, or willet. The first two are called also
{telltale}, {telltale spine}, {telltale tattler},
{yellowlegs}, {yellowshanks}, and {yelper.}
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