birdcall

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English

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Etymology

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From bird +‎ call.

Noun

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birdcall (plural birdcalls)

  1. 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.
  2. An imitation of this cry.
  3. A device used to imitate this cry, so as to lure and catch birds.

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Verb

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birdcall (third-person singular simple present birdcalls, present participle birdcalling, simple past and past participle birdcalled)

  1. (rare) To imitate the cry of a bird.

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