Definition of Birdcalls

1. Noun. (plural of birdcall) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Birdcalls

1. birdcall [n] - See also: birdcall

Lexicographical Neighbors of Birdcalls

bird vetch
bird watcher
bird watchers
bird watching
birdbath
birdbaths
birdbolt
birdbolts
birdbrain
birdbrained
birdbrains
birdcage
birdcage mask
birdcages
birdcall
birdcalls (current term)
birdcare
birdcatcher
birdcatchers
birdcatching
birddog
birddogged
birddogging
birddogs
birde
birded
birder
birders
birdes
birdfarm

Literary usage of Birdcalls

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rough Riders by Theodore Roosevelt (1899)
"Afterward we found that the Spanish guerillas imitated these birdcalls, but the sounds we heard that morning, as we advanced through the tropic forest, ..."

2. The Theory of Sound by John William Strutt Rayleigh (1896)
"... pipes made to speak with the aid of birdcalls. The pair of perforated plates is mounted symmetrically at one end of a pipe 40 or 50 cm. long. ..."

3. Birds that Every Child Should Know by Frank Finn, Oliver Gregory Pike, Júlia Lello, John Maclair Boraston, Nellie Blanchan (De Graff) Doubleday, Hermann Ihering, Rodolpho von Ihering (1907)
"As we slowly pass along there is a deafening chorus of birdcalls. Five thousand Gannets give out their harsh cry, hundreds of Kittiwakes answer with their ..."

4. The English Novel: A Study in the Development of Personality by Sidney Lanier (1914)
"... songs which come upon us out of that obscure period like brief little birdcalls from a thick-leaved wood — if, I say, we examine these songs, ..."

5. Macmillan's Magazine by John Morley, Mowbray Morris, David Masson, George Grove (1900)
"Mebby she'll be standin' there yet, when we go back, if you don't frighten her away with your birdcalls and your whistlin'.” “Let us hurry, then, ..."

6. The Works of Theodore Roosevelt by Theodore Roosevelt (1899)
"Afterward we found that the Spanish guerillas imitated these birdcalls, but the sounds we heard that morning, as we advanced through the tropic forest, ..."

7. The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries (1905)
"Do you notice," said my companion softly, " that even the birdcalls of the swamp have ceased? " I nodded without speaking. It seemed unfitting to break by ..."

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