BIRDCALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does birdcall mean? 

• BIRDCALL (noun)
  The noun BIRDCALL has 2 senses:

1. the characteristic sound produced by a bird

2. a device for imitating a birdcall

  Familiarity information: BIRDCALL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIRDCALL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The characteristic sound produced by a bird

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

birdcall; birdsong; call; song

Context example:

a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age

Hypernyms ("birdcall" is a kind of...):

animal communication (communication between animals (of the same species))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "birdcall"):

bell-like call (a birdcall that resembles the tone of a bell)

two-note call (a birdcall having two notes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A device for imitating a birdcall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("birdcall" is a kind of...):

acoustic device (a device for amplifying or transmitting sound)