'Whistler' definitions:
Definition of 'Whistler'
From: WordNet
noun
United States painter (1834-1903) [syn: Whistler, James Abbott McNeill Whistler]
noun
Someone who makes a loud high sound
noun
Large North American mountain marmot [syn: hoary marmot, whistler, whistling marmot, Marmota caligata]
noun
Large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions [syn: goldeneye, whistler, Bucephela clangula]
noun
Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call [syn: thickhead, whistler]
Definition of 'Whistler'
From: GCIDE
- Whistler \Whis"tler\, n. [AS. hwistlere.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. One who, or that which, whistles, or produces or a whistling sound. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) (a) The ring ousel. (b) The widgeon. [Prov. Eng.] (c) The golden-eye. (d) The golden plover and the gray plover. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) The hoary, or northern, marmot ({Arctomys pruinosus}). [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Zool.) The whistlefish. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'whistler'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'whistler'
From: GCIDE
- Whistlefish \Whis"tle*fish`\, n. (Zool.) A gossat, or rockling; -- called also whistler, three-bearded rockling, sea loach, and sorghe. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'whistler'
From: GCIDE
- Gossat \Gos"sat\, n. (Zool.) A small British marine fish (Motella tricirrata); -- called also whistler and three-bearded rockling. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]