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