tin whistle vs whistler

tin whistle

noun
  • A small, high-pitched metal whistle with six holes that is blown using a fipple. 

whistler

noun
  • Someone or something that whistles, or who plays a whistle as a musical instrument. 

  • The mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa). 

  • The goldeneye (certain ducks of genus Bucephala). 

  • The whistling marmot (Marmota caligata). 

  • An audio-frequency electromagnetic wave produced by atmospheric disturbances such as lightning. 

  • A broken-winded horse. 

  • Any of several passerine birds of the genera Pachycephala and Coracornis, of Australasia and the western Pacific. 

  • Any bird that whistles or is noted for its whistling vocalisations (applied regionally to various specific species). 

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