CACKLER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cackler mean? 

• CACKLER (noun)
  The noun CACKLER has 2 senses:

1. a hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk

2. any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae

  Familiarity information: CACKLER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CACKLER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("cackler" is a kind of...):

biddy; hen (adult female chicken)

Derivation:

cackle (squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens)

cackle (talk or utter in a cackling manner)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

babbler; cackler

Hypernyms ("cackler" is a kind of...):

oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

Holonyms ("cackler" is a member of...):

genus Timalia; Timalia (type genus of the Timaliidae)

Derivation:

cackle (squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens)