Whis"tle*wing` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The American golden-eye.
Whis"tle*wood` (?), n. (Bot.) The moosewood, or striped maple. See
Maple.
Whis"tling (?), a. & n. from Whistle, v.
Whistling buoy. (Naut.) See under Buoy. — Whistling coot (Zoöl.), the
American black scoter. — Whistling Dick. (Zoöl.) (a) An Australian
shrike thrush (Colluricincla Selbii). (b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
— Whistling duck. (Zoöl.) (a) The golden-eye. (b) A tree duck. —
Whistling eagle (Zoöl.), a small Australian eagle (Haliastur
sphenurus); — called also whistling hawk, and little swamp eagle. —
Whistling plover. (Zoöl.) (a) The golden plover. (b) The black-bellied,
or gray, plover. — Whistling snipe (Zoöl.), the American woodcock. —
Whistling swan. (Zoöl.) (a) The European whooper swan; — called also
wild swan, and elk. (b) An American swan (Olor columbianus). See under
Swan. — Whistling teal (Zoöl.), a tree duck, as Dendrocygna awsuree of
India. — Whistling thrush. (Zoöl.) (a) 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. (b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
Whis"tling*ly, adv. In a whistling manner; shrilly.