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Definition of Birdcalls
1. birdcall [n] - See also: birdcall
Lexicographical Neighbors of Birdcalls
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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