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Definitions: Birdcall |
BirdcallNoun1. 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: BirdcallSynonyms: birdsong (n), call (n), song (n). (additional references) |
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| 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. | |||
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The birdcall from Siegfried whistled softly followed them from the steps of the porch. |
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| 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 vabljenje (call). (various references) reclamo (advertisement, advertising, catching, catchword, decoy, decoy call, eye-catcher, lure, prima, publicity, quail-call, quail-pipe), canto del pájaro. (various references) kuş ıslığı. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "birdcall": birdcalls. (additional references) | |
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"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). | |
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 69 72 64 63 61 6C 6C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .. .-. -.. -.-. .- .-.. .-.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101001 01110010 01100100 01100011 01100001 01101100 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B i r d c a l l |
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)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3675847069677878 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Sounds 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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