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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WHISTLER, n. One who whistles.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: before 12th century one that whistles: as a. any of various birds; especially any of numerous oscine birds (especially genus Pachycephala) found chiefly in Australia and South Pacific islands and having a whistling call b. a large marmot (Marmota caligata) of northwestern North America having a shrill alarm call c. a broken-winded horse d. a very-low-frequency radio signal that is generated by lightning discharge, travels along the earth's magnetic-field lines, and produces a sound resembling a whistle of descending pitch in radio receivers

Merriam Webster's

biographical name James (Abbott) McNeill 1834-1903 American painter & etcher • Whistlerian adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 any bird of the genus Pachycephala, with a whistling cry. 2 a kind of marmot.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Whistlefish Whis"tle*fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) A gossat, or rockling; -- called also whistler, three-bearded rockling, sea loach, and sorghe.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gossat Gos"sat, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small British marine fish (Motella tricirrata); -- called also whistler and three-bearded rockling. [Prov. Eng.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.