Birdcall

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any vocalization of a bird.

    "If all the introduced species were somehow miraculously removed, I seriously doubt whether many native species would be able to fill their niche and our cities would fall silent of birdcalls - lyrebirds aren't really into feeding on human refuse."

  2. 2
    a device for imitating a birdcall wordnet
  3. 3
    An imitation of this cry.
  4. 4
    the characteristic sound produced by a bird wordnet
  5. 5
    A device used to imitate this cry, so as to lure and catch birds.
Verb
  1. 1
    To imitate the cry of a bird. rare

Example

More examples

"If all the introduced species were somehow miraculously removed, I seriously doubt whether many native species would be able to fill their niche and our cities would fall silent of birdcalls - lyrebirds aren't really into feeding on human refuse."

Etymology

From bird + call.

Related phrases

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.