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birdcall

noun bird·call \ -ˌkȯl \

Definition of birdcall

1 : a device for imitating the cry of a bird
2 : the note or cry of a bird; also : a sound imitative of it

First Known Use of birdcall

1639

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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