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whistle stop |
whistle-blower |
whistle-stop tour |
whistleblower |
whistlefish |
whistler
| whistlestop
| whistlewing
| whistlewood
| whistling
| whistling buoy
whistler
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun whistler has 5 senses
- whistler(n = noun.person) james abbott mcneill whistler - United States painter (1834-1903); Array is a kind of painter
- whistler(n = noun.person) Array - someone who makes a loud high sound; Array is a kind of signaler, signaller
- whistler(n = noun.animal) hoary marmot, marmota caligata, whistling marmot - large North American mountain marmot; Array is a kind of marmot
- whistler(n = noun.animal) bucephela clangula, goldeneye - large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions; Array is a kind of duck
- whistler(n = noun.animal) thickhead - Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call; Array is a kind of flycatcher, old world flycatcher, true flycatcher
Derived forms verb whistle3, verb whistle1
is a member of bucephala, genus bucephala
has particulars: barrow's goldeneye, bucephala islandica
is a member of genus pachycephala, pachycephala
CIDE DICTIONARY
whistler, n. [AS. hwistlere.].
- One who, or that which, whistles, or produces or a whistling sound. [1913 Webster]
- The ring ousel. [1913 Webster]
- The hoary, or northern, marmot (
Arctomys pruinosus ). [1913 Webster] - The whistlefish. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
whistler, n.
1 any bird of the genus Pachycephala, with a whistling cry.
2 a kind of marmot.
1 any bird of the genus Pachycephala, with a whistling cry.
2 a kind of marmot.
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