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mockingbird definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds [syn: mockingbird, mocker, Mimus polyglotktos]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1676 a common grayish North American bird (Mimus polyglottos) related to the thrashers that is remarkable for its exact imitations of the notes of other birds

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a bird that mimics the notes of other birds, esp. the American songbird Mimus polyglottos.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(mockingbirds) A mockingbird is a grey bird with a long tail which is found in North America. Mockingbirds are able to copy the songs of other birds. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

Philomel, ape, bulbul, canary, conformist, copier, copycat, copyist, counterfeiter, cuckoo, dissembler, dissimulator, echo, echoer, echoist, faker, feathered songster, forger, hypocrite, imitator, impersonator, impostor, lark, mavis, mime, mimer, mimic, mimicker, mocker, monkey, nightingale, oriole, parrot, phony, plagiarist, poll-parrot, polly, polly-parrot, poseur, ringdove, sheep, simulator, singing bird, song sparrow, songbird, songster, thrush, warbler