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birdtrap

birdtrap noun: a trap designed or used to catch wild birds.

Noun

birdtrap (plural birdtraps)

  1. A trap designed or used to catch wild birds.
    • He talked about hunting and shooting, and told me how unfair it was that Ole Gjortler, who really belonged to Gjerdrum parish, should set his bird-traps on Solberg Common[.]1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 26

Forms of birdtrap

pluralbirdtraps

Origin of birdtrap

From bird + trap.

Questions about birdtrap

What does birdtrap mean?
Birdtrap means a trap designed or used to catch wild birds.
What part of speech is birdtrap?
Birdtrap is a noun.
What is the plural of birdtrap?
The plural of birdtrap is birdtraps.

Words near birdtrap in the dictionary

  1. Birdsville disease
  2. Birdsville indigo
  3. birdsweet
  4. birdtable
  5. birdtables
  6. birdtrap
  7. birdtraps
  8. Birdum
  9. birdwalk
  10. birdwalks
  11. birdwatch

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