Trappers used decoy birds and a sticky substance.
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Decoy
Synonyms for "decoy" (112 found)
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Strong matches (33)
Related words (56)
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1 entriesRelated terms
8 entriesderived
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1 entriesis a
6 entriesmanner of
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23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
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2 entriesTranslations
104 translations across 30 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- παλευτής noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
- παλεύω verb (to act as, or use, a decoy)
Bulgarian
3 entries- изку́ствена пти́ца noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
- прима́мка noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- примамвам verb (to act as, or use, a decoy)
Burmese
1 entries- ဒလန် noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
Catalan
2 entries- cimbell noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- esquer noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 囮子 noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
- 引誘人 /引诱人 noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- 引诱物 noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- 誘餌 /诱饵 noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
Czech
1 entries- návnada noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
Danish
4 entries- lokkefugl noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- lokkefugl noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
- lokkemad noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- lokke verb (to act as, or use, a decoy)
Dutch
4 entries- afleiding noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- afleiding noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
- lokvogel noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- lokken verb (to act as, or use, a decoy)
Finnish
3 entries- houkutin noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- houkutuslintu noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- houkutuslintu noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
French
4 entries- appât noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- leurre noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- leurre noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
- leurre noun (deceptive military device)
Galician
3 entries- cebo noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- engado noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- reclamo noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
German
4 entries- Köder noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- Lockvogel noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- Lockvogel noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
- ködern verb (to act as, or use, a decoy)
Greek
4 entries- δόλωμα noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- δόλωμα noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
- κράχτης noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- δελεάζω verb (to act as, or use, a decoy)
Hungarian
4 entries- csali noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
- csali noun (deceptive military device)
- csalikacsa noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
- csalimadár noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
Icelandic
1 entries- lokkunarfugl noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
Italian
4 entries- diversivo noun (deceptive military device)
- esca noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- falso bersaglio noun (deceptive military device)
- richiamo noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
Japanese
2 entries- 囮 noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- 好餌 noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
Latin
1 entries- illex noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
Māori
4 entries- hunuhunu noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- hūhunu noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- kaipātari noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- tīmori noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
Polish
1 entries- przynęta noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
Portuguese
2 entries- chamariz noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- chamariz noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
Romanian
1 entries- momeală noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
Russian
4 entries- мано́к noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
- нажи́вка noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- подсадна́я у́тка noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- подсадна́я у́тка noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- mamac noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
- мамац noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
Spanish
4 entries- añagaza noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- añagaza noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
- carnada noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- carnada noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
Swedish
3 entries- lockbete noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- lockfågel noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
- vette noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
Tagalog
2 entries- kati noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
- pangati noun (person or object meant to lure something to danger)
Turkish
3 entries- mühre noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
- pırlak noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
- çağırtkan noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
Ukrainian
2 entries- прима́нювати verb (to act as, or use, a decoy)
- примани́ти verb (to act as, or use, a decoy)
Volapük
2 entries- bätaböd noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
- bätadök noun (animal used by hunters to lure game)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Tom's the decoy.
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This harmless protein, acting like a decoy, attaches itself to the GAS6 protein within the bloodstream and keeps the harmful AXL protein from being activated.
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Karl prepared a decoy.
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