n. One who tattles (notifies authorities of illicit behavior) or is inclined to do so; a tattletale.
n. Either of two similar bird species in the shorebird genus Heteroscelus (Tringa in some taxonomies).
n. A device fitted to a vehicle to measure mileage etc.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.
n. Any one of several species of large, long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus Totanus.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who tattles; an idle talker; a prattler; a telltale.
n. In ornithology, a bird of the family Scolopacidæ and genus Totanus in a broad sense; one of the Totaneæ; a horseman or gambet: so called from the vociferous cries of most of these birds.
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n. any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud whistling cry
n. someone who gossips indiscreetly
Word Usage
"On shipboard he would be a sneak, a whiner, a tattler."