Whistling /(?)/
Whis·tling
Whistling
a. & n.
- a. & n. from Whistle, v.
Phrases & Compounds
- Whistling buoy
- See under Buoy.
- Whistling coot
- the American black scoter.
- Whistling Dick
- An Australian shrike thrush (Colluricincla Selbii).
- Whistling duck
- The golden-eye.
- Whistling eagle
- a small Australian eagle (Haliastur sphenurus); -- called also whistling hawk, and little swamp eagle.
- Whistling plover
- The golden plover.
- Whistling snipe
- the American woodcock.
- Whistling swan
- The European whooper swan; -- called also wild swan, and elk.
- Whistling teal
- a tree duck, as Dendrocygna awsuree of India.
- Whistling thrush
- 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.