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mockingbird

About 0.19 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Any of various long-tailed American songbirds of the genera Mimus and Melanotis, noted for their ability to mimic calls of other birds.
  2. noun Synonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”).

Similar words

mocker mimus polyglotktos mocking bird mimid mockbird cat bird songbird cat-bird catbird birdcall

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Word family

mockingbirds

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