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dawn chorus

noun
/dɔːn ˈkɔːɹəs/UK/dɔn ˈkɔɹəs/US/dɑn ˈkɔɹəs/

Etymology

From dawn (noun) + chorus (noun). Piecewise doublet of dawn choir.

  1. derived from χορός — “group of dancers and singers, choir, chorus; dance accompanied by song; round dance”
  2. borrowed from chorus — “group of dancers and singers; dance”
  3. borrowed from chorus — “church choir”
  4. compounded as dawn chorus — “dawn + chorus”

Definitions

  1. Birdsong by a large number of birds occurring in the early morning.

    • Woodland Birds takes one through the year in our broad-leafed woodlands and many of the very well-known voices of the habitat are beautifully recorded, the dawn choruses of the various spring months being exceptionally interesting.

  2. Radio interference sometimes experienced at sunrise.

    • The frequency spectrum (Fig. 1) includes micropulsations (Pₜ, P_c, LP_c, PP, SIP, IPDP), gyromagnetic resonances, Schumann resonance, solar whistlers[…], dawn chorus, hiss, whistlers and sferics.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA