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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Whistling \Whis"tling\,
a. & n. from Whistle, v.
[1913 Webster]
Whistling buoy. (Naut.) See under Buoy.
Whistling coot (Zo["o]l.), the American black scoter.
Whistling Dick. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) An Australian shrike thrush ({Colluricincla Selbii).
(b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
Whistling duck. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The golden-eye.
(b) A tree duck.
Whistling eagle (Zo["o]l.), a small Australian eagle
({Haliastur sphenurus); -- called also whistling hawk,
and little swamp eagle.
Whistling plover. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The golden plover.
(b) The black-bellied, or gray, plover.
Whistling snipe (Zo["o]l.), the American woodcock.
Whistling swan. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The European whooper swan; -- called also wild swan,
and elk.
(b) An American swan ({Olor columbianus). See under Swan.
Whistling teal (Zo["o]l.), a tree duck, as Dendrocygna
awsuree of India.
Whistling thrush. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of several species of singing birds of the genus
Myiophonus, native of Asia, Australia, and the East
Indies. They are generally black, glossed with blue, and
have a patch of bright blue on each shoulder. Their note
is a loud and clear whistle.
(b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Whistling \Whis"tling\,
a. & n. from Whistle, v.
Whistling buoy. (Naut.) See under Buoy.
Whistling coot (Zo["o]l.), the American black scoter.
Whistling Dick. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) An Australian shrike thrush ({Colluricincla Selbii).
(b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
Whistling duck. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The golden-eye.
(b) A tree duck.
Whistling eagle (Zo["o]l.), a small Australian eagle
({Haliastur sphenurus); -- called also whistling hawk,
and little swamp eagle.
Whistling plover. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The golden plover.
(b) The black-bellied, or gray, plover.
Whistling snipe (Zo["o]l.), the American woodcock.
Whistling swan. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The European whooper swan; -- called also wild swan,
and elk.
(b) An American swan ({Olor columbianus). See under Swan.
Whistling teal (Zo["o]l.), a tree duck, as Dendrocygna
awsuree of India.
Whistling thrush. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of several species of singing birds of the genus
Myiophonus, native of Asia, Australia, and the East
Indies. They are generally black, glossed with blue, and
have a patch of bright blue on each shoulder. Their note
is a loud and clear whistle.
(b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
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