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{{also|Whistler}}
==English==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|whisteler}}, {{m|enm|whistlar}}, {{m|enm|whystelare}}, from {{inh|en|ang|hwistlere|t=a player on a flute; a piper}}, equivalent to {{suffix|en|whistle|er}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈʍɪslə(ɹ)/|a2=wine-whine|/ˈwɪslə(ɹ)/}}
* {{audio|en|En-au-whistler.ogg|a=AU}}

===Noun===
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{{en-noun}}

# Someone or something that [[whistle]]s, or who plays a [[whistle]] as a musical instrument.
# Any of several [[passerine]] birds of the [[genus|genera]] {{taxfmt|Pachycephala|genus}} and {{taxfmt|Coracornis|genus}},  of [[Australasia]] and the western [[Pacific]].
# Any [[bird]] that whistles or is noted for its whistling vocalisations (applied regionally to various specific species).
#* {{RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene|book=II|canto=XII|passage=The lether-winged Bat, dayes enimy, / The ruefull Strich, still waiting on the bere, / The '''Whistler''' shrill, that who so heares, doth dy {{...}}}}
# A [[goldeneye]] (any of certain ducks of genus {{taxfmt|Bucephala|genus}}).
# A [[whistling marmot]] ({{taxlink|Marmota caligata|species}}).
# A [[mountain beaver]] ({{taxlink|Aplodontia rufa|species}}).
# An [[audio]]-[[frequency]] [[electromagnetic wave]] produced by [[atmospheric]] [[disturbance]]s such as [[lightning]].
# A [[broken-winded]] [[horse]].
# {{lb|en|slang|obsolete}} The [[keeper]] of a [[whistling shop]], or [[shebeen]].

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|whistling marmot}} {{l|en|hoary marmot}}

====Derived terms====
{{der4|en|title=Species of whistler, family {{taxfmt|Pachycephalidae|family}}
|{{vern|Baliem whistler}}
|{{vern|bare-throated whistler}}
|[[Biak whistler]]
|{{vern|Bismarck whistler}}
|{{vern|black-chinned whistler}}
|{{vern|black-headed whistler}}
|{{vern|Bornean whistler}}
|{{vern|Bougainville hooded whistler}}
|{{vern|brown whistler}}
|{{vern|brown-backed whistler}}
|{{vern|drab whistler}}
|{{vern|fawn-breasted whistler}}
|{{vern|Fiji whistler}}
|{{vern|Gilbert's whistler}}
|[[golden whistler]]
|{{vern|golden-backed whistler}}
|{{vern|green-backed whistler}}
|{{vern|grey whistler}}
|{{vern|Guadalcanal hooded whistler}}
|{{vern|hooded whistler}}
|{{vern|island whistler}}
|{{vern|olive whistler}}
|{{vern|oriole whistler}}
|{{vern|Lorentz's whistler}}
|{{vern|Louisiade whistler}}
|{{vern|mangrove whistler}}
|[[mangrove golden whistler]]
|{{vern|maroon-backed whistler}}
|{{vern|New Caledonian whistler}}
|{{vern|red-lored whistler}}
|{{vern|regent whistler}}
|{{vern|Rennell whistler}}
|{{vern|rufous whistler}}
|{{vern|rusty-breasted whistler}}
|{{vern|rusty whistler}}
|{{vern|Samoan whistler}}
|{{vern|Sangihe whistler}}
|{{vern|Sclater's whistler}}
|{{vern|sulphur-bellied whistler}}
|{{vern|Temotu whistler}}
|{{vern|Tongan whistler}}
|{{vern|Vanuatu whistler}}
|{{vern|Vogelkop whistler}}
|{{vern|Wallacean whistler}}
|{{vern|western whistler}}
|{{vern|white-breasted whistler}}
|{{vern|white-vented whistler}}
|{{vern|yellow-bellied whistler}}
|{{vern|yellow-throated whistler}}
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====Translations====
{{trans-top|someone or something that whistles}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|viheltäjä}} {{q|man or animal}}, {{t|fi|vihellin}} {{q|device}}
* French: {{t+|fr|siffleur}}
* Italian: {{t|it|fischiatore|m}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|دودوكجی|tr=düdükçü}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|свисту́н|m}}, {{t+|ru|свисту́нья|f}}, {{t+|ru|свисто́к|m}} {{qualifier|device}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|silbador|m}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|düdükçü}}
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{{trans-see|whistling marmot|hoary marmot}}

{{trans-top|goldeneye}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|telkkä}}
* Italian: {{t|it|quattrocchi|f}}
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{{trans-top|physics: audio-frequency electromagnetic wave}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[matalataajuinen]] [[radioaalto]]}}
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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=ehilrstw|whirtles}}

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