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Also gone is the Kaua’i ’o’o, whose haunting, flutelike mating call was last heard three decades ago.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2021
I recognize the flutelike song of the Wood Thrush, the cacophonous call of the Willet, the Black-capped Chickadee's eponymous scold.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 15, 2021
Already the flutelike piping of the tiny and outsizedly loud Pacific tree frogs can be heard in the evening as they perform their spring love songs.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2017
First I hear a super rapid-fire pulsing of the flutelike phone tones, then a pause, then another popping burst of tones, then another, then another.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2011
“We always promised ourselves we’d never directly lie to him about this,” Mom said, her flutelike voice sounding like a trill of danger.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
