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Noun: whistler  wis-lu(r)
  1. Someone who makes a loud high sound
    "The cheerful whistler walked down the street, filling the air with a merry tune"
     
  2. Large North American mountain marmot
    "Hikers heard the whistler's distinctive alarm call";
    - hoary marmot, whistling marmot, Marmota caligata
     
  3. Large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions
    "The whistler's wings made a distinctive whistling sound in flight";
    - goldeneye, Bucephala clangula
     
  4. Australian and southeastern Asian bird with a melodious whistling call
    "The whistler's beautiful song filled the air in the early morning";
    - thickhead
Noun: Whistler  wis-lu(r)
  1. United States painter (1834-1903)
    - James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Derived forms: whistlers

Type of: duck, flycatcher, marmot, Old World flycatcher, painter, signaler [US], signaller, true flycatcher

Part of: Bucephala, genus Bucephala, genus Pachycephala, Pachycephala

Encyclopedia: Whistler, James