"call bird" meaning in English

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Noun

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: 59 41 Disambiguation of Birds: 97 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16
  2. (figurative, by extension) Anything desirable used to lure somebody. Tags: broadly, figuratively
    Sense id: en-call_bird-en-noun-0oG1J~mg

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1983, David Mellor, Report to the Design Council on the Design of British Consumer Goods, page 21:",
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