whistler

Whistler
    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}]
    

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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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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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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Whistlefish \Whis"tle*fish`\, n. (Zool.)
   A gossat, or rockling; -- called also {whistler},
   {three-bearded rockling}, {sea loach}, and {sorghe}.
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