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call birds

call birds is the plural of call bird.

Meaning of call bird

Noun

call bird (plural call birds)

  1. A captive bird used by hunters to lure free-flying birds into a snare or trap.
  2. (broadly, figuratively) Anything desirable used to lure somebody.
    • An example is the 'Kenwood Chef', a product which is so well known to the public that it is used as a 'call bird' by the discounters: the machine is given a conspicuous place in the shop [window]1983, David Mellor, Report to the Design Council on the Design of British Consumer Goods, page 21

Questions about call birds

What is call birds the plural of?
Call birds is the plural of call bird.

Words near call birds in the dictionary

  1. call back
  2. call backs
  3. call balls and strikes
  4. call bell
  5. call bird
  6. call birds
  7. call box
  8. call boxes
  9. call boy
  10. call boys
  11. call button

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