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Producer of some trills
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birdcall
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Word definitions for birdcall in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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 ] a device for imitating a birdcall
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The characteristic cry of a bird 2 An imitation of this cry 3 A device used to imitate this cry
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Birdcall \Bird"call`\, n. A sound made in imitation of the note or cry of a bird for the purpose of decoying the bird or its mate. An instrument of any kind, as a whistle, used in making the sound of a birdcall.
Usage examples of birdcall.
She changed to another birdcall, a piercing sound similar to that made by a peacock.
An officer riding beside one of the carts heard the birdcall and began to look in my direction, then edged his mount toward the trees.
The birdcall stopped, and I waited in darkness, my senses extended to see what the Hydlenese officer did.
A single birdcall echoed from somewhere, and I listened, but the call was not repeated.
But like a distant birdcall, the sound of his voice seemed a territorial challenge that did not apply to me.
At first, I had thought it a distant birdcall from the garden, but now I realized that the soft trilling matched the cadence of breath.
Did the ghosts of Levantine girls haunt those cursory checkups, suggested by the fragility of my collarbone, or the birdcall of my small, congested lungs?
The only sounds were the soft rustle of leaves, an occasional birdcall, and the music of water rippling over stones.
Through the ugly rumble now came the chirrup, the fruity birdcall of the sirens, and already two hunched cops were running low across the street.
I had witnessed a similar phenomenon of birdcalls being answered, years before with don Juan.
La Gorda made two more birdcalls, one after the other, and Rosa and Josefina took off in the same manner Lidia had.
Her back stiff, her shoulders tense, she leaned an ear toward the forest and listened more carefully, quickly becoming aware that these were not true birdcalls at all.
Never before had she observed Indians lingering in the forest around her house, performing birdcalls for the fun of it.
Oelendra chuckled as the birdcalls immediately began changing the tally on the number of children arriving with the rider.
Pan pipes, reed flutes, and birdcalls were infused in the vibrations to combine nature with man-made percussion sounds.