单词 | food-call |
释义 | > as lemmasfood-call food-call n. the cry of a bird for food; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > for specific purpose chuckle1774 chick1821 Valentine1847 food-call1879 nesting-song1879 flight call1937 flight note1937 1879 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 168 109 The nestlings' food call is very peculiar, and can be heard a long way off. 1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) xxxvi. 187 Down the visible wind in the misted valley came the food-call of Turkish bugles. 1994 New Scientist 3 Dec. 43/1 The food call of the fledged young is a loud ‘cacaa’. < as lemmas |
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