birdcall

1. 1.

   the characteristic sound produced by a bird

   “a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age”

   Synonymscallbirdsongsong

   Broaderanimal communication

   Narrowerbell-like calltwo-note call
2. 2.

   a device for imitating a birdcall

   Broaderacoustic device

Other forms of birdcall

plural

birdcalls·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about birdcall

What does birdcall mean?

birdcall means "the characteristic sound produced by a bird". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in birdcall?

birdcall has 2 syllables: bird-call. The stress falls on "bird".

What is another word for birdcall?

Close synonyms include call, birdsong, song. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is birdcall a common word?

birdcall is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.