Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Tattler \Tat"tler\, n.
1. One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.
--Jer. Taylor.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of large,
long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus {Totanus}.
Note: The common American species are the greater tattler, or
telltale ({T. melanoleucus}), the smaller tattler, or
lesser yellowlegs ({T. flavipes}), the solitary tattler
({T. solitarius}), and the semipalmated tattler, or
willet. The first two are called also {telltale},
{telltale spine}, {telltale tattler}, {yellowlegs},
{yellowshanks}, and {yelper.}
Source : WordNet®
tattler
n 1: someone who gossips indiscreetly [syn: {tattletale}, {taleteller},
{talebearer}, {telltale}, {blabbermouth}]
2: any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud
whistling cry