See whistler in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "golden whistler"
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{
"word": "green-backed whistler"
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{
"word": "grey whistler"
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{
"word": "Guadalcanal hooded whistler"
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{
"word": "hooded whistler"
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{
"word": "island whistler"
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{
"word": "Lorentz's whistler"
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{
"word": "Louisiade whistler"
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{
"word": "mangrove golden whistler"
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{
"word": "mangrove whistler"
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{
"word": "maroon-backed whistler"
},
{
"word": "New Caledonian whistler"
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"word": "olive whistler"
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{
"word": "oriole whistler"
},
{
"word": "red-lored whistler"
},
{
"word": "regent whistler"
},
{
"word": "Rennell whistler"
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"word": "rufous whistler"
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"word": "rusty-breasted whistler"
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"word": "rusty whistler"
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{
"word": "Samoan whistler"
},
{
"word": "Sangihe whistler"
},
{
"word": "Sclater's whistler"
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{
"word": "sulphur-bellied whistler"
},
{
"word": "Temotu whistler"
},
{
"word": "Tongan whistler"
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{
"word": "Vanuatu whistler"
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"word": "Vogelkop whistler"
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{
"word": "Wallacean whistler"
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"word": "western whistler"
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{
"word": "white-breasted whistler"
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{
"word": "white-vented whistler"
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"word": "yellow-bellied whistler"
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"word": "yellow-throated whistler"
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"A mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa)."
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"ipa": "/ˈwɪslə(ɹ)/",
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"sense": "whistling marmot",
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"code": "fi",
"english": "man or animal",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone or something that whistles",
"word": "viheltäjä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "device",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone or something that whistles",
"word": "vihellin"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone or something that whistles",
"word": "siffleur"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "someone or something that whistles",
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"masculine"
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"code": "ota",
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"roman": "düdükçü",
"sense": "someone or something that whistles",
"word": "دودوكجی"
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"sense": "someone or something that whistles",
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"word": "свисту́н"
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"roman": "svistúnʹja",
"sense": "someone or something that whistles",
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"feminine"
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"word": "свисту́нья"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone or something that whistles",
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"masculine"
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"word": "silbador"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "someone or something that whistles",
"word": "düdükçü"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "goldeneye",
"word": "telkkä"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "goldeneye",
"tags": [
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"word": "quattrocchi"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "physics: audio-frequency electromagnetic wave",
"word": "matalataajuinen radioaalto"
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}
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