whistler

/ˈwɪs(ə)lər/

/ˈhwɪs(ə)lər/

/ˈwɪslə/

Other forms: whistlers

Definitions of whistler

1. noun

   someone who makes a loud high sound
   type of:

   signaler, signaller

   someone who communicates by signals
2. noun

   Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call
   synonyms: thickhead

   type of:

   Old World flycatcher, flycatcher, true flycatcher

   any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing
3. noun

   large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions
   synonyms: Bucephela clangula, goldeneye

   types:

   Barrow's goldeneye, Bucephala islandica

   North American goldeneye diving duck

   type of:

   duck

   small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
4. noun

   large North American mountain marmot
   synonyms: Marmota caligata, hoary marmot, whistling marmot

   type of:

   marmot

   stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter