whistling : Idioms & Phrases

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Whistling buoy

  • noun a buoy that makes a whistling noise
    whistle buoy.
WordNet
  • . (Naut.) See under Buoy.
Webster 1913

Whistling coot

  • (Zoöl.), the American black scoter.
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Whistling Dick

  • . (Zoöl.) (a) An Australian shrike thrush (Colluricincla Selbii). (b) The song thrush. Prov. Eng.
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Whistling duck

  • . (Zoöl.) (a) The golden-eye. (b) A tree duck.
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Whistling eagle

  • (Zoöl.), a small Australian eagle (Haliastur sphenurus); called also whistling hawk, and little swamp eagle.
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Whistling plover

  • . (Zoöl.) (a) The golden plover. (b) The black-bellied, or gray, plover.
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Whistling snipe

  • (Zoöl.), the American woodcock.
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Whistling swan

  • noun North American subspecies of tundra swan having a soft whistling note
    Cygnus columbianus columbianus.
WordNet
  • . (Zoöl.) (a) The European whooper swan; called also wild swan, and elk. (b) An American swan (Olor columbianus). See under Swan.
Webster 1913

Whistling teal

  • (Zoöl.), a tree duck, as Dendrocygna awsuree of India.
Webster 1913

Whistling thrush

  • . (Zoöl.) (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.
Webster 1913