"contact call" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: contact calls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} contact call (plural contact calls)
  1. (ornithology) A call made between birds in a flock or a pair in order to maintain contact with one another when foraging, flying, etc. Categories (topical): Ornithology

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