whistler

whis·tler  (hwslr, ws-)

n.

1. One that whistles: a whistler of popular tunes.

2.

a. A marmot (Marmota caligata) of the mountains of northwest North America, having a grayish coat and a shrill, whistling cry.

b. Any of various birds that produce a whistling sound.

c. A horse having a respiratory disease characterized by wheezing.

3. Physics An electromagnetic wave of audio frequency produced by atmospheric disturbances such as lightning, having a characteristically decreasing frequency responsible for a whistling sound of descending pitch in detection equipment.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Whistler - United States painter (1834-1903) James Abbott McNeill Whistler
	2.	whistler - someone who makes a loud high sound signaler, signaller - someone who communicates by signals
	3.	whistler - large North American mountain marmot hoary marmot, Marmota caligata, whistling marmot marmot - stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter
	4.	whistler - large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions Bucephela clangula, goldeneye duck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs Bucephala, genus Bucephala - buffleheads and goldeneyes Barrow's goldeneye, Bucephala islandica - North American goldeneye diving duck
	5.	whistler - Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call thickhead flycatcher, Old World flycatcher, true flycatcher - any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing genus Pachycephala, Pachycephala - arboreal insectivorous birds