mockingbird

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Synonyms: mocking bird, mocking-bird, mockingbirds, mockingboard

Antonyms: mocking bird, mocking-bird, mockingbirds, mockingboard

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q720541}} Any of various [[longtailed|long-tailed]] [[American]] [[songbird]]s of the [[genus|genera]] {{taxfmt|Mimus|genus}} and {{taxfmt|Melanotis|genus}}, [[note#Verb|noted]] for their [[ability]] to [[mimic#Verb|mimic]] [[call#Noun|calls]] of other [[bird#Noun|birds]].
2. {{lb|en|archaic}} {{synonym of|en|tui|t=a [[species]] of [[honeyeater]], {{taxfmt|Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae|species}}, a [[bird#Noun|bird]] which is [[endemic#Adjective|endemic]] to [[New Zealand]]}}.

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