- Arctomys pruinosus
- 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. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The ring ousel. (b) The widgeon. [Prov. Eng.] (c) The golden-eye. (d) The golden plover and the gray plover. [1913 Webster]
3. (Zo["o]l.) The hoary, or northern, marmot ({Arctomys pruinosus}). [1913 Webster]
4. (Zo["o]l.) The whistlefish. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.