bird call

a sound made by a bird.

a sound imitating that of a bird.

a device used to imitate the sound of a bird.

Origin of bird call

First recorded in 1615–25

Of course, I dared not call, so I gave a soft whistle, as near like a bird-call as I could.

Three Times and Out |Nellie L. McClung
He gave the boy this clock and the bird-call to amuse him while he went upstairs and packed his trunk.

John Thorndyke's Cases |R. Austin Freeman
The use of proper means to effect our purpose is enforced in the warning that "Fish are not to be caught with a bird-call."

Proverb Lore |F. Edward Hulme
There is the "Siegfried" bird-call running through my head again!

An American Girl in Munich |Mabel W. Daniels

The falcon flew to another place and gave her bird-call again.

The King of Ireland's Son |Padraic Colum

bird call

the characteristic call or song of a bird

an imitation of this

an instrument imitating the call of a bird, used esp by hunters or bird-catchers