call note

noun

The note naturally used by a male bird to call a female. It is artificially applied by birdcatchers as a decoy.

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Meanings

nouncall note (plural call notes)

plural call notes

  1. The note naturally used by a male bird to call a female. It is artificially applied by birdcatchers as a decoy.

    If the hunter wishes to master all of the different calls of possible use in hunting turkeys, he is confronted with the task of learning eleven. There are sex and age variations in pitch, tone quality, loudness, and inflection for most of the call notes

    2017, Roger M. Latham, Complete Book of the Wild Turkey
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“call note.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20note. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “call note,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20note.

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