BIRDSONG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does birdsong mean? 

• BIRDSONG (noun)
  The noun BIRDSONG has 1 sense:

1. the characteristic sound produced by a bird

  Familiarity information: BIRDSONG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIRDSONG (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 ("birdsong" is a kind of...):

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

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

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

two-note call (a birdcall having two notes)