English noun: Whistler | |||
1. | Whistler (person) United States painter (1834-1903) | ||
Synonyms | James Abbott McNeill Whistler | ||
Instance hypernym | painter | ||
2. | whistler (person) someone who makes a loud high sound | ||
Broader (hypernym) | signaler, signaller | ||
3. | whistler (animal) large North American mountain marmot | ||
Synonyms | hoary marmot, Marmota caligata, whistling marmot | ||
Broader (hypernym) | marmot | ||
4. | whistler (animal) large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions | ||
Synonyms | Bucephela clangula, goldeneye | ||
Broader (hypernym) | duck | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Barrow's goldeneye, Bucephala islandica | ||
Member meronym | Bucephala, genus Bucephala | ||
5. | whistler (animal) Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call | ||
Synonyms | thickhead | ||
Broader (hypernym) | flycatcher, Old World flycatcher, true flycatcher | ||
Member meronym | genus Pachycephala, Pachycephala | ||