MOCKINGBIRD

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds

Synonyms:

Mimus polyglotktos; mocker; mockingbird

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("mockingbird" is a kind of...):

oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

Holonyms ("mockingbird" is a member of...):

genus Mimus; Mimus (type genus of the family Mimidae: mockingbirds)

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