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whistler
: one that whistles: as a: any of various birds
; especially : any of numerous oscine birds (especially genus Pachycephala) found chiefly in Australia and South Pacific islands and having a whistling call b: a large marmot (Marmota caligata) of northwestern North America having a shrill alarm call c: a broken-winded horse d: a very-low-frequency radio signal that is generated by lightning discharge, travels along the earth's magnetic-field lines, and produces a sound resembling a whistle of descending pitch in radio receivers
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