Whis"tler (?), n. [AS. hwistlere.]
1.
One who, or that which, whistles, or produces or a whistling sound.
2. Zool. (a)
The ring ousel.
(b)
The widgeon.
[Prov. Eng.] (c)
The golden-eye.
(d)
The golden plover and the gray plover.
3. Zool.
The hoary, or northern, marmot (Arctomys pruinosus).
4. Zool.
The whistlefish.
© Webster 1913.