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cackler
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cackler has 2 senses
- cackler(n = noun.animal) Array - a hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk; Array is a kind of biddy, hen
- cackler(n = noun.animal) babbler - any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae; Array is a kind of oscine, oscine bird
Derived forms verb cackle2, verb cackle1
is a member of genus timalia, timalia
Derived form verb cackle2
CIDE DICTIONARY
cackler, n.
- A fowl that cackles. [1913 Webster]
- One who prattles, or tells tales; a tattler. [1913 Webster]
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