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Babbler

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. (Science: ornithology) a name given to any one of family (Timalinae) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering note.