decoy bird; lure bird
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
a decoy bird used to lure birds of the same species; a stalking bird
technicalAlso written as 游子. This is a specialized term in bird hunting and falconry, where a trained or captured bird is used to attract wild birds of the same species into a trap or within range.
Liè猎
rén人
yòng用
yóu㘥
zi子
yǐn引
yě诱
yā野
jìn鸭
rù进
xiàn入
jǐng陷
阱
。
The hunter used a decoy bird to lure wild ducks into the trap.
Zhè这
zhī只
yóu㘥
zi子
yǐ已
jīng经
bèi被
xùn训
liàn练
de得
hěn很
tīng听
huà话
，
néng能
chéng成
gōng功
de地
xī吸
yǐn引
tóng同
lèi类
。
This decoy bird has been trained to be very obedient and can successfully attract its own kind.
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Zài在
chuán传
tǒng统
bǔ捕
niǎo鸟
fāng方
fǎ法
zhōng中
，
yóu㘥
zi子
yě也
zuò作
yóu游
zi子
，
shì是
bù不
kě可
huò或
quē缺
de的
gōng工
jù具
。
In traditional bird-catching methods, the decoy bird, also written as 游子, is an indispensable tool.