Definition of "birdcatching" [bird•catch•ing]

• The trapping of birds. (noun)

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• "When Papageno appears, wearing his feather-covered birdcatching suit, each concludes that the other must be the devil, and they bolt in terror."
• "Being somewhat afraid that this description would not meet all the practical requirements of the case, and knowing myself but little or nothing of this mode of birdcatching, I thought it advisable to interview a practical man."
• "(through the medium of a tip) to impart his stock of birdcatching lore, and to cut me patterns of play-sticks and pegs, and also to correct my rough sketches when necessary."