alarm call in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for alarm call in the English»French Dictionary

I.alarm [Brit əˈlɑːm, Am əˈlɑrm] N

3. alarm → alarm clock

II.alarm [Brit əˈlɑːm, Am əˈlɑrm] VB trans

See also alarm clock

I.call [Brit kɔːl, Am kɔl] N

alarm call in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for alarm call in the English»French Dictionary

I.alarm [əˈlɑ:m, Am -ˈlɑ:rm] N

II.alarm [əˈlɑ:m, Am -ˈlɑ:rm] VB trans

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When detecting the seismics of an alarm call signalling danger from predators, elephants enter a defensive posture and family groups will pack together.
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By sounding a bogus alarm call normally used to warn of aerial predators, they can frighten other birds away, allowing them to eat undisturbed.
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Their alarm call closely resembles the bleating of domestic goats.
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Other calls include a loud, screeching alarm call and a soft, purring call uttered to young chicks.
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It also has a rolling "churr" alarm call, and a variety of quiet warbles and squeaks given by resting or feeding birds.
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She adjusts the lighting, checks the room temperature, sets an alarm call and chirpily informs me that tomorrow's weather will be a little cloudy.
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It has a shrill "sirrrr" or "tsi-si-si" alarm call, and a thin "tsit" pre-flight call.
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It is also known to utter a sharp alarm call, "kurr".
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Its speed and aerobatic skills enable it to take swallows and even swifts on the wing, and barn swallows or house martins have a characteristic hobby alarm call.
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To warn others in highly threatening situations, squirrel monkeys use an alarm call known as an alarm peep.
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