"call bird" meaning in All languages combined

See call bird on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: call birds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} call bird (plural call birds)
  1. A captive bird used by hunters to lure free-flying birds into a snare or trap. Categories (topical): Hunting Categories (lifeform): Birds
    Sense id: en-call_bird-en-noun-kHCrRz86 Disambiguation of Hunting: 54 46 Disambiguation of Birds: 95 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 75 25 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 76 24
  2. (figurative, by extension) Anything desirable used to lure somebody. Tags: broadly, figuratively Categories (topical): Hunting
    Sense id: en-call_bird-en-noun-0oG1J~mg Disambiguation of Hunting: 54 46

Inflected forms

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