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MOCKING THRUSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mocking thrush mean? 

MOCKING THRUSH (noun)
  The noun MOCKING THRUSH has 1 sense:

1. thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongsplay

  Familiarity information: MOCKING THRUSH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOCKING THRUSH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

mocking thrush; thrasher

Hypernyms ("mocking thrush" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mocking thrush"):

brown thrasher; brown thrush; Toxostoma rufums (common large songbird of eastern United States having reddish-brown plumage)

Holonyms ("mocking thrush" is a member of...):

genus Toxostoma; Toxostoma (thrashers)


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