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bird call

or birdcall

noun

  1. a sound made by a bird.
  2. a sound imitating that of a bird.
  3. a device used to imitate the sound of a bird.


bird call

noun

  1. the characteristic call or song of a bird
  2. an imitation of this
  3. an instrument imitating the call of a bird, used esp by hunters or bird-catchers


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bird call1

First recorded in 1615–25

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Example Sentences

However, when you’re jogging on busy streets and need to be alert to traffic, or when you’re trail running and don’t want to miss the bird calls whistling from the trees above, you can use the SurroundSense mode.

The sound of the giant panda’s bamboo crunching mingled with bird calls.

It ends with Godzilla lured away from Tokyo with a bird call and trapped in a volcano.

Outside was the silence of the prairie night, broken by an occasional bird call near by.

It was hardly a moment when, in response to this bird-call, several girls appeared in the opening beyond.

Certainly it was a pretty fancy to have each member respond to her name by giving the bird call of her group.

While there sitting they were startled by a shrill bird call from not far behind them.

To their surprise another bird call some hundreds of yards ahead of them was heard, and after a time it was repeated.

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