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mockingbird noun. L17.
[from mocking pres. pple of MOCK verb + BIRD noun.]
Any of various long-tailed songbirds of the New World family Mimidae, spec. Mimus polyglottos of the southern US and Central America, noted for mimicking other birds' calls and other sounds. Also (local), any of various other birds with imitative calls.