Hypertext Webster Gateway: "whistler"
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) 1.7 (wn)
Whistler
n 1: United States painter (1834-1903) [syn: {Whistler}, {James
Abbott McNeill Whistler}]
2: makes a loud high sound
3: large North American mountain marmot [syn: {hoary marmot}, {whistling
marmot}, {Marmota caligata}]
4: large-headed swift-flying diving duck of arctic regions
[syn: {goldeneye}, {Bucephela clangula}]
5: Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious
whistling call [syn: {thickhead}]
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