mocking thrush

mocking thrush
noun
thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs
Syn: ↑thrasher
Hypernyms: ↑oscine, ↑oscine bird
Member Holonyms: ↑Toxostoma, ↑genus Toxostoma

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  • Mocking thrush — Mocking Mock ing, a. Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive. [1913 Webster] {Mocking thrush} (Zo[ o]l.), any species of the genus {Harporhynchus}, as the brown thrush ({Harporhynchus rufus}). {Mocking wren}… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mocking — Mock ing, a. Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive. [1913 Webster] {Mocking thrush} (Zo[ o]l.), any species of the genus {Harporhynchus}, as the brown thrush ({Harporhynchus rufus}). {Mocking wren} (Zo[… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mocking wren — Mocking Mock ing, a. Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive. [1913 Webster] {Mocking thrush} (Zo[ o]l.), any species of the genus {Harporhynchus}, as the brown thrush ({Harporhynchus rufus}). {Mocking wren}… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • brown thrush — noun common large songbird of eastern United States having reddish brown plumage • Syn: ↑brown thrasher, ↑Toxostoma rufums • Hypernyms: ↑thrasher, ↑mocking thrush * * * brown thrush, = brown thrasher. (Cf. ↑brown thrasher) …   Useful english dictionary

  • mimic thrush — noun : mocking thrush; especially : mockingbird …   Useful english dictionary

  • mock thrush — noun : mocking thrush …   Useful english dictionary

  • Varied Thrush — Male Conservation status …   Wikipedia

  • Brown thrush — (Zo[ o]l.) A common American singing bird ({Harporhynchus rufus}), allied to the mocking bird; also called {brown thrasher}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Harporhynchus rufus — Mocking Mock ing, a. Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive. [1913 Webster] {Mocking thrush} (Zo[ o]l.), any species of the genus {Harporhynchus}, as the brown thrush ({Harporhynchus rufus}). {Mocking wren}… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Thryothorus Ludovicianus — Mocking Mock ing, a. Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive. [1913 Webster] {Mocking thrush} (Zo[ o]l.), any species of the genus {Harporhynchus}, as the brown thrush ({Harporhynchus rufus}). {Mocking wren}… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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