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[syn: thrasher, mocking thrush]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mocking \Mock"ing\, a.
Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision;
mimicking; derisive.
[1913 Webster]
Mocking thrush (Zool.), any species of the genus
Harporhynchus, as the brown thrush (Harporhynchus
rufus).
Mocking wren (Zool.), any American wren of the genus
Thryothorus, esp. Thryothorus Ludovicianus.
[1913 Webster] mockingbird
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mocking thrush
n 1: thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs
[syn: thrasher, mocking thrush]