mockingbird
pronunciation
How to pronounce mockingbird in British English:
UK [ˈmɒkɪŋbɜːd]
How to pronounce mockingbird in American English:
US [ˈmɑːkɪŋbɜːrd]
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- Noun:
- long-tailed gray-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds
Word Origin
- mockingbird (n.)
- also mocking-bird, 1670s, from mocking (adj.), 1520s, from present participle of mock (v.) + bird (n.1). Earlier form was mock-bird (1640s).