birdcall, call, birdsong, song
(noun) the characteristic sound produced by a bird; “a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
birdsong (countable and uncountable, plural birdsongs)
(ornithology) A vocalisation made by a bird for the purposes of courtship.
Vocalisations made by birds, considered collectively.
• songbird
Birdsong (plural Birdsongs)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Birdsong is the 6220th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5498 individuals. Birdsong is most common among White (67.44%) and Black/African American (24.45%) individuals.
• songbird
Source: Wiktionary
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
