birdcall

English

Etymology

From bird +‎ call.

Noun

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.

Translations

vocalisation of a bird

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device used to imitate the cry of a bird

• French: appeau (fr) m
• German: Vogelruf (de) m
• Spanish: reclamo (es) m
• Walloon: apele (wa) f

Verb

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.

Derived terms

• birdcaller

See also

• bird song

Anagrams

• call bird