Song :  (noun)
1: a short musical composition with words; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs"
2: a distinctive or characteristic sound; "the song of bullets was in the air"; "the song of the wind"; "the wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead"
3: the act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates" [syn: strain]
4: the characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age" ... ( more )

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