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birdcall

birdcall noun: any vocalization of a bird.

Noun

birdcall (plural birdcalls)

  1. Any vocalization of a bird.
    • 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.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 43
  2. An imitation of this cry.
  3. A device used to imitate this cry, so as to lure and catch birds.

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.

Forms of birdcall

Noun
pluralbirdcalls
Verb
third-person singular presentbirdcalls
present participlebirdcalling
past participlebirdcalled
pastbirdcalled

Origin of birdcall

From bird + call.

Words formed from birdcall

Questions about birdcall

What does birdcall mean?
Birdcall means any vocalization of a bird.
What part of speech is birdcall?
Birdcall can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of birdcall?
The plural of birdcall is birdcalls.

Words near birdcall in the dictionary

  1. Birdbrook
  2. birdcage
  3. birdcage mask
  4. birdcage masks
  5. birdcages
  6. birdcall
  7. birdcalled
  8. birdcaller
  9. birdcallers
  10. birdcalling
  11. birdcalls

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