From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gossat \Gos"sat\, n. (Zool.)
A small British marine fish ({Motella tricirrata}); -- called
also {whistler} and {three-bearded rockling}. [Prov. Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Golden-eye \Gold"en-eye`\ (g[=o]ld"'n*[imac]), n. (Zool.)
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 ({Glaucionetta Islandica}) is less common.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Whistlefish \Whis"tle*fish`\, n. (Zool.)
A gossat, or rockling; -- called also {whistler},
{three-bearded rockling}, {sea loach}, and {sorghe}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Whistler \Whis"tler\, n. [AS. hwistlere.]
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1. One who, or that which, whistles, or produces or a
whistling sound.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) The ring ousel.
(b) The widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]
(c) The golden-eye.
(d) The golden plover and the gray plover.
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3. (Zool.) The hoary, or northern, marmot ({Arctomys
pruinosus}).
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4. (Zool.) The whistlefish.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Whistler
n 1: United States painter (1834-1903) [syn: {Whistler}, {James
Abbott McNeill Whistler}]
2: someone who makes a loud high sound
3: large North American mountain marmot [syn: {hoary marmot},
{whistler}, {whistling marmot}, {Marmota caligata}]
4: large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions [syn:
{goldeneye}, {whistler}, {Bucephela clangula}]
5: Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious
whistling call [syn: {thickhead}, {whistler}]
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