Hypertext Webster Gateway: "birdcall"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Birdcall \Bird"call`\, n.
1. A sound made in imitation of the note or cry of a bird for
the purpose of decoying the bird or its mate.
2. An instrument of any kind, as a whistle, used in making
the sound of a birdcall.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
birdcall
n 1: the characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will
not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age"
[syn: {call}, {birdsong}, {song}]
2: a device for imitating a birdcall
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