Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The song or cry of a bird.
  • noun An imitation of the song or cry of a bird.
  • noun A small device for producing this sound.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An instrument for imitating the cry of birds in order to attract or decoy them.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A sound made in imitation of the note or cry of a bird for the purpose of decoying the bird or its mate.
  • noun An instrument of any kind, as a whistle, used in making the sound of a birdcall.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The characteristic cry of a bird
  • noun An imitation of this cry
  • noun A device used to imitate this cry

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a device for imitating a birdcall
  • noun the characteristic sound produced by a bird

Etymologies

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bird +‎ call

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Examples

  • I initially downloaded a free birdcall app, but it included only about 20 species.

    This App Is for the Birds Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

  • That usually refers to works that go to the extremes of the orchestra, beyond the meat-and-potatoes of strings and winds and brass: a stroke of harp, a shimmer of cymbal, the mellow birdcall of an oboe d'amore or the flatulence of a contrabassoon.

    Hans Graf conducts Jean-Yves Thibaudet, National Symphony in Ravel, Debussy 2010

  • All around was the sound of dripping water, interrupted by the occasional clear birdcall.

    Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010

  • He raises his arms to shield himself, the birdcall surrounding him like manic laughter.

    Corvus 2009

  • He raises his arms to shield himself, the birdcall surrounding him like manic laughter.

    Corvus L. Lee Lowe 2009

  • “Give the workingman the right to employment as long as he has health,” he said, “assure him of care when heis sick and maintenance when he is old, and the socialists will sound their birdcall in vain.”

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • “Give the workingman the right to employment as long as he has health,” he said, “assure him of care when heis sick and maintenance when he is old, and the socialists will sound their birdcall in vain.”

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • “Give the workingman the right to employment as long as he has health,” he said, “assure him of care when heis sick and maintenance when he is old, and the socialists will sound their birdcall in vain.”

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • (Soundbite of birdcall) Mr. MEIBURG: Steeple Jason is two-peaks rising out of the South Atlantic and are home to the largest breeding colony of black proud albatrosses in the world.

    Bird Sounds Recorded from Far Afield 2007

  • (Soundbite of a birdcall) Mr. MEIBURG: And this sound comes from a bird survey I worked on in the Falkland Islands - specifically, from a remote island called Steeple Jason.

    Bird Sounds Recorded from Far Afield 2007

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