birdcall
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
birdcall (plural birdcalls)
- Any vocalisation of a bird.
- 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 43:
- If all the introduced species were somehow miraculously removed, I seriously doubt whether many native species would be able to fill their niche and our cities would fall silent of birdcalls - lyrebirds aren't really into feeding on human refuse.
- An imitation of this cry.
- A device used to imitate this cry, so as to lure and catch birds.
Translations edit
vocalisation of a bird
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device used to imitate the cry of a bird
Verb edit
birdcall (third-person singular simple present birdcalls, present participle birdcalling, simple past and past participle birdcalled)