Whistler

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gossat \Gos"sat\, n. (Zool.)
     A small British marine fish ({Motella tricirrata}); -- called
     also {whistler} and {three-bearded rockling}. [Prov. Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Golden-eye \Gold"en-eye`\ (g[=o]ld"'n*[imac]), n. (Zool.)
     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 ({Glaucionetta Islandica}) is less common.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whistler \Whis"tler\, n. [AS. hwistlere.]
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     1. One who, or that which, whistles, or produces or a
        whistling sound.
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     2. (Zool.)
        (a) The ring ousel.
        (b) The widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]
        (c) The golden-eye.
        (d) The golden plover and the gray plover.
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     3. (Zool.) The hoary, or northern, marmot ({Arctomys
        pruinosus}).
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     4. (Zool.) The whistlefish.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whistlefish \Whis"tle*fish`\, n. (Zool.)
     A gossat, or rockling; -- called also {whistler},
     {three-bearded rockling}, {sea loach}, and {sorghe}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Whistler
       n 1: United States painter (1834-1903) [syn: {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}]