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Birdcall

Definitions: Birdcall

Birdcall

Noun

1. The characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age".

2. A device for imitating a birdcall.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "birdcall" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1916. (references)

Synonyms: Birdcall

Synonyms: birdsong (n), call (n), song (n). (additional references)

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Sounds Captioned with "Birdcall".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Canary; canaries; birdsong; tweet; birdcall.Bird call; birdcall.
Bird call; birdcall.Bluejay; bluejay; birdcall; caw; cawing.
Birdcall; bird call; bird calls; birdcalls; blackbird; blackbirds.Cardinal; birdcall.
Bird; lark; birdcall.Bluejay; bluejay; birdcall; caw; cawing.
Bluebird; bluebirds; birdcall; bird call.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: Birdcall

TitleAuthorQuote

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

The birdcall from Siegfried whistled softly followed them from the steps of the porch.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translations: Birdcall

Language Translations for "birdcall"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

Vogelruf. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

鳥寄せ (birdcalling), ハ長調 (bar, bar code, barbarism, barbecue, barbell, barber, barell, bargain, bargain sale, bargaining power, bartender, barter, base, Bayer, BBQ, Berkeley, berkelium, Berkley, Bermuda shorts, Bermuda Triangle, berth, bias, biathlon, bio, bio music, biochip, biocomputer, bioconversion, bioelectronics, bioethics, biofeedback, biogas, biography, biohazard, bioholonics, bioindustry, bioinfomatics, biomass, bionics, biopsy, bioreactor, biorhythm, bioscience, biosensor, biotechnology, biotelemetry, biotron, bird carving, bird sanctuary, bird watching, birdie, Birmingham, birth, birth control, birthday, bourbon, Burberry, burger, burlesque, burner, burn-out syndrome, burst, buying power, by, bye, C major, crowbar, Farbenfabriken Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, hair combed in stripes across a bald pate, old man who takes Viagra, scale, updating a software version, Vermont, vernier, verse, version, vertical marketing, violin, violinist, virgin, Virginia, virginity, virtual, virtual circuit, virtual reality). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

バードコール , とりよせ (birdcalling). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

irdcallbay

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

vabljenje (call). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

reclamo (advertisement, advertising, catching, catchword, decoy, decoy call, eye-catcher, lure, prima, publicity, quail-call, quail-pipe), canto del pájaro. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kuş ıslığı. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Birdcall

Derivations

Words beginning with "birdcall": birdcalls. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Birdcall" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Badcall, Bandcall, Buerdsell, Eircell. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Birdcall

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-d-i-l-l-r"

-1 letter: baldric.

-2 letters: bardic, bridal, ribald.

-3 letters: acrid, alcid, baric, braid, brail, brill, caird, daric, drail, drill, laird, liard, libra, lidar, lilac, rabic, rabid.

-4 letters: abri, acid, arid, aril, bail, bald, ball, bard, bill, bird, birl, brad, cadi, caid, call, carb, card, carl, clad, crab, crib, darb, dial, dill, dirl, drab, drib, laic, laid, lair.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-c-d-i-l-l-r"
 

+1 letter: birdcalls.

 

+4 letters: herbicidally.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Birdcall


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 69 72 64 63 61 6C 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-...    ..    .-.    -..    -.-.    .-    .-..    .-..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01101001 01110010 01100100 01100011 01100001 01101100 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#105 &#114 &#100 &#99 &#97 &#108 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0069 0072 0064 0063 0061 006C 006C

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3675847069677878

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Sounds
4. Quotations: Fiction
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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