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whistlers

whistlers is the plural of whistler.

Meaning of whistler

Noun

whistler (plural whistlers)

  1. Someone or something that whistles, or who plays a whistle as a musical instrument.
  2. Any of several passerine birds of the genera Pachycephala and Coracornis, of Australasia and the western Pacific.
  3. Any bird that whistles or is noted for its whistling vocalisations (applied regionally to various specific species).
    • The lether-winged Bat, dayes enimy, / The ruefull Strich, still waiting on the bere, / The Whistler shrill, that who so heares, doth dy […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  4. A goldeneye (any of certain ducks of genus Bucephala).
  5. A whistling marmot (Marmota caligata).
    Synonyms:
    hoary marmot
  6. A mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa).

See all 13 meanings of whistler

Proper noun capitalized: Whistlers

Whistlers

  1. (plural) plural of Whistler

Phrases with whistlers

Questions about whistlers

What is whistlers the plural of?
Whistlers is the plural of whistler.
What part of speech is whistlers?
Whistlers is a proper noun.

Words near whistlers in the dictionary

  1. whistlelike
  2. whistler
  3. Whistleresque
  4. Whistlerian
  5. Whistlerism
  6. whistlers
  7. whistles
  8. whistles Dixie
  9. whistles down the wind
  10. whistles for
  11. whistles in the dark

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