Definitions for: 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)

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: Bucephela clangula, goldeneye, hoary marmot, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Marmota caligata, thickhead, whistling marmot

See Also: Barrow's goldeneye, Bucephala, Bucephala islandica, duck, flycatcher, genus Bucephala, genus Pachycephala, marmot, Old World flycatcher, Pachycephala, painter, signaler, signaller, true flycatcher

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