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Arctomys pruinosus

Whistler \Whis"tler\, n. [AS. hwistlere.]

  1. One who, or that which, whistles, or produces or a whistling sound.

  2. (Zo["o]l.)

    1. The ring ousel.

    2. The widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]

    3. The golden-eye.

    4. The golden plover and the gray plover.

  3. (Zo["o]l.) The hoary, or northern, marmot ( Arctomys pruinosus).

  4. (Zo["o]l.) The whistlefish.