<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a person who tattles; telltale.</li><li>either of two shorebirds of the genus Heteroscelus, having a loud, whistling cry.</li><li>any of various related shorebirds having shrill cries, as the yellowlegs.</li><li>a small bass, Serranus phoebe, of the West Indies and Florida.</li></ul>