Meaning

1 senses
  1. A sound made by an animal to attract a member of the opposite sex for breeding.

    Paarungsruf, Balzruf

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The male cicadas are making all the racket — a mating call produced by vibrating membranes in their abdomens.

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  2. I entice the enemy by imitating the mating call of a human female: "Ah, I'm so lonely, so lonely!"

    ruЯ заманиваю врага, подражая зову человеческой самки: «Ах, я так одинока, так одинока!» — Ooneykcall

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Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
cry for attracting others to mate with:

Forms

plural: mating calls
Singularmating call
Pluralmating calls

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
mating cry

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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