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Whistlefish \Whis"tle*fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A gossat, or rockling; -- called also whistler,
three-bearded rockling, sea loach, and sorghe.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
Whistler \Whis"tler\, n. [AS. hwistlere.]
1. One who, or that which, whistles, or produces or a
whistling sound.
2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The ring ousel. (b) The widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]
(c) The golden-eye. (d) The golden plover and the gray plover.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The hoary, or northern, marmot (Arctomys
pruinosus).
4. (Zo["o]l.) The whistlefish.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
Gossat \Gos"sat\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A small British marine fish (Motella tricirrata); -- called
also whistler and three-bearded rockling. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
Golden-eye \Gold"en-eye`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
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 (G. Islandica) is less common.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
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