cackler

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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}, {cackler}]

from 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.
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