babbler

[ bab-ler ]

noun

1. a person or thing that babbles.
2. any of the birds of the family Timaliidae, many of which have a loud, babbling cry.

babbler

/ ˈbæblə /

noun

1. a person who babbles
2. any of various insect-eating birds of the Old World tropics and subtropics that have a loud incessant song: family Muscicapidae (warblers, thrushes, etc)

Word History and Origins

Origin of babbler¹

First recorded in 1520–30; babble + -er ¹

Example Sentences

He and Mr. Akbar hope to use the black-browed babbler’s discovery to build greater local interest in nature, and to bring tourist dollars to the region.

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For the first time in 170 years, researchers reported last week that a black-browed babbler has been found in Indonesia.

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“I was confused when we got the pictures, because it looked a bit like the Horsfield’s babbler, but it didn’t really fit,” Mr. Trisiyanto said.

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The photos more closely matched an illustration of a black-browed babbler — a bird listed in Mr. Trisiyanto’s guidebook as possibly extinct.

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As soon as Covid-19 travel restrictions lift, he and his colleagues plan to mount an expedition to study the black-browed babbler.

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