About The Word Whistler
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Whistler
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What's The Definition Of Whistler?
[n] Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call
[n] large-headed swift-flying diving duck of arctic regions [n] large North American mountain marmot [n] makes a loud high sound [n] United States painter (1834-1903) Synonyms | Synonyms for Whistler: Bucephela clangula | goldeneye | hoary marmot | James Abbott McNeill Whistler | Marmota caligata | thickhead | whistling marmot Related Terms | Find terms related to Whistler: See Also | Barrow's goldeneye | Bucephala | Bucephala islandica | duck | flycatcher | genus Bucephala | genus Pachycephala | marmot | Old World flycatcher | Pachycephala | painter | signaler | signaller | true flycatcher Whistler In Webster's Dictionary \Whis"tler\, n. [AS. hwistlere.]
1. One who, or that which, whistles, or produces or a
whistling sound.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The ring ousel.
(b) The widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]
(c) The golden-eye.
(d) The golden plover and the gray plover.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The hoary, or northern, marmot ({Arctomys
pruinosus}).
4. (Zo["o]l.) The whistlefish.
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