1.
[syn: birdcall, call, birdsong, song]
2. a device for imitating a birdcall;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Birdcall \Bird"call`\, n.
1. A sound made in imitation of the note or cry of a bird for
the purpose of decoying the bird or its mate.
[1913 Webster]
2. An instrument of any kind, as a whistle, used in making
the sound of a birdcall.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
birdcall
n 1: the characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will
not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age"
[syn: birdcall, call, birdsong, song]
2: a device for imitating a birdcall