"mockingbird" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɒkɪŋbɜːd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɑkɪŋˌbɝd/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-mockingbird.wav Forms: mockingbirds [plural]
Etymology: From mocking + bird, from the ability of the birds to mimic sounds and, in some cases, hum as a wake-up call. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|mocking|bird}} mocking + bird Head templates: {{en-noun}} mockingbird (plural mockingbirds)
  1. Any of various long-tailed American songbirds of the genera Mimus and Melanotis, noted for their ability to mimic calls of other birds. Wikidata QID: Q720541 Synonyms: mocker Hypernyms: bird#Noun, <, animal#Noun, <, creature#Noun Translations (songbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis): المُحاكِي (al-muḥākī) (Arabic), risweer (Breton), присмехулник (prismehulnik) (Bulgarian), mu'íkill (Cahuilla), 模仿鸟 (mófǎng niǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), drozdec [masculine] (Czech), drozd mnohohlasý [masculine] (Czech), spottedrossel [common-gender] (Danish), spotlijster [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), mokbirdo (Esperanto), matkija (Finnish), moqueur [masculine] (French), Spottdrossel [feminine] (German), ατριχόρνις (atrichórnis) [masculine] (Greek), sokszavú poszáta (Hungarian), hermikráka [feminine] (Icelandic), éan aithrise [masculine] (Irish), tordo americano [masculine] (Italian), アザケルトリ (azakerutori) (Japanese), 흉내지빠귀 (hyungnaejippagwi) (Korean), подби́вница (podbívnica) [feminine] (Macedonian), burung ajuk-ajuk (Malay), zahalánii (Navajo), przedrzeźniacz [masculine] (Polish), sabiapoca [masculine] (Portuguese), mierloi [masculine] (Romanian), пересме́шник (peresméšnik) [masculine] (Russian), drozdec [masculine] (Slovak), drozd mnohohlasný [masculine] (Slovak), oponašalec [masculine] (Slovene), cenzontle (taxonomic: Mimus spp.) [masculine] (Spanish), sinsonte [masculine] (Spanish), (tropical mockingbird, Mimus gilvus) paraulata (english: Venezuelan standard usage) [feminine] (Spanish), chuchube (english: specifically State of Falcon) [Northwestern, Venezuela, masculine] (Spanish), chulinga [Northeastern, Venezuela, feminine] (Spanish), mulato (taxonomic: Melanotis spp.) [masculine] (Spanish), härmtrast [common-gender] (Swedish), mimido (Tagalog), пересмішники (peresmišnyky) (Ukrainian), chim nhại (Vietnamese), bec̱hjao' (Yatzachi Zapotec)
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  2. (archaic) Synonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”). Tags: archaic Synonyms: tui [synonym, synonym-of]
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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "songbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis",
      "word": "chim nhại"
    },
    {
      "code": "zav",
      "lang": "Yatzachi Zapotec",
      "sense": "songbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis",
      "word": "bec̱hjao'"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mockingbird"
}

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