WHISTLER

thickhead, whistler

(noun) Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call

goldeneye, whistler, Bucephela clangula

(noun) large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions

whistler

(noun) someone who makes a loud high sound

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill Whistler

(noun) United States painter (1834-1903)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Whistler

A surname.

A resort town in British Columbia, Canada.

Anagrams

• whirtles

Etymology

Noun

whistler (plural whistlers)

Someone or something that whistles, or who plays a whistle as a musical instrument.

Any of several passerine birds of the genus Pachycephala, of Australasia and the western Pacific.

Any bird that whistles or is noted for its whistling vocalisations (applied regionally to various specific species).

The goldeneye (certain ducks of genus Bucephala).

The whistling marmot (Marmota caligata).

The mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa).

An audio-frequency electromagnetic wave produced by atmospheric disturbances such as lightning.

A broken-winded horse.

(slang, obsolete) The keeper of a whistling shop, or shebeen.

Synonyms

• (whistling marmot): hoary marmot

Anagrams

• whirtles

Source: Wiktionary


Whis"tler, n. Etym: [AS. hwistlere.]

1. One who, or that which, whistles, or produces or a whistling sound.

2. (Zoöl.) (a) The ring ousel. (b) The widgeon. [Prov. Eng.] (c) The golden-eye. (d) The golden plover and the gray plover.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The hoary, or northern, marmot (Arctomys pruinosus).

4. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The whistlefish.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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