Meaning of WHISTLER
| Pronunciation: | | 'wislur, 'wislur
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- [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)
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| | Synonyms: | | Bucephela clangula, goldeneye, hoary marmot, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Marmota caligata, thickhead, whistling marmot |
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| | 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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| | Definition: | |  Whistler
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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.
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