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whistler


  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Whistlefish  \Whis"tle*fish`\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  gossat,  or  rockling;  --  called  also  {whistler}, 
  {three-bearded  rockling},  {sea  loach},  and  {sorghe}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Whistler  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Gossat  \Gos"sat\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  small  British  marine  fish  ({Motella  tricirrata});  --  called 
  also  {whistler}  and  {three-bearded  rockling}.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Golden-eye  \Gold"en-eye`\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  duck  ({Glaucionetta  clangula}),  found  in  Northern  Europe, 
  Asia,  and  America.  The  American  variety  (var.  Americana)  is 
  larger.  Called  {whistler},  {garrot},  {gowdy},  {pied  widgeon}, 
  {whiteside},  {curre},  and  {doucker}.  Barrow's  golden-eye  of 
  America  ({G.  Islandica})  is  less  common. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  whistler 
  n  1:  makes  a  loud  high  sound 
  2:  large  North  American  mountain  marmot  [syn:  {hoary  marmot},  {whistling 
  marmot},  {Marmota  caligata}] 
  3:  large-headed  swift-flying  diving  duck  of  arctic  regions 
  [syn:  {goldeneye},  {Bucephela  clangula}] 
  4:  Australian  and  southeastern  Asian  birds  with  a  melodious 
  whistling  call  [syn:  {thickhead}] 




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