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Answer for the clue "Aviary sound ", 5 letters:
chirp

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A chirp is a signal in which the frequency increases or decreases with time. Chirp may also refer to: Chirp (magazine) , a Canadian magazine for children ages 3 to 6 Chirp (bird call) , an onomatopoeic word for certain bird calls Chirp (phone) , a walkie-talkie ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a sharp sound made by small birds or insects v. make high-pitched sounds; of birds [syn: peep , twirp , cheep , chirrup ] sing in modulation [syn: tweedle ]

Usage examples of chirp.

She had just reached the the door to astrometrics when her combadge chirped.

The silence was interrupted only by a chirping cricket somewhere in the distant brush, and the disciple remembered the hours he had spent in a similar posture listening for the footsteps of the Baptist returning from his solitude to the Bethabara cave.

The other squaws pulled it into the city, then they threw the rope back over the wall, croaked like a frog and chirped like a cricket, and Lotsa Smoke sent up the second barrel of firewater, and at last hurried over.

There was probably no one in the world who appreciated the sound of crickets chirping like he did.

The dusk was deepening and all was now quiet around Bayview Inn, except for the chirping of the crickets and the occasional kerplunk of a frog.

Dickens came into his own as he chirped and twittered and then dropped his voice to moan like a walrus, all the while both telling about this Micawber fellow and, apparently, emulating him.

With five thousand doors spread out in corridor after corridor - and all around him, on every side, the animated pics of the girls twisted and chirped, trying to snare his attention and entice him to the joys inside.

My sidekick did chirp then, but it was Sharifa, my about-to-be ex-lover.

A pattern of peeps, creaks, chirps, and trills repeated over and over again.

Feathered clouds of birds descended from skies of blue and fleecy-white to perch upon the budding branches of the ancient, huge-boled trees, chirping and trilling avian tales of their long, winter sojourns in Languedoc, Andalusia and Africa.

While he concentrated on the picture of the sword, Richard was vaguely aware of the chirps and clicks of bugs, the low, steady croaks of frogs, and the rustling of mice and voles among the dry debris of the forest floor.

Except for the chirping sound of crickets, and an occasional grunt, the only sounds to be heard were sudden splashes as the heavy containers were tossed from boats into the deepest part of the lake.

Juraviel, or any of the others, how loud their conversation had become, for though Elbryan was barely fifteen yards away from them, they had erected a sound shield, and no human ear could have discerned anything more than a few chirps, squeaks, and whistles, sounds easily enough explained away by the natural creatures in the area.

For after the hore-frost, ensued the hot and temperat sun, whereby the little birds weening that the spring time had bin come, did chirp and sing in their steven melodiously : the mother of stars, the parent of times, and mistres of all the world : The fruitfull trees rejoyced at their fertility : The barren and sterill were contented at their shadow, rendering sweete and pleasant shrills !

They went outdoors again, where the crickets and katydids were chirping in the grass, and the drowsy twitter of birds came from the maples above.