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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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