From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmockingbirdmock‧ing‧bird /ˈmɒkɪŋbɜːd $ ˈmɑːkɪŋbɜːrd/ noun [countable]  HBBan American bird that copies the songs of other birds
                                                    
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mockingbird• Equally sudden a peroration of chatter from a local mockingbird broke the silence.• The first group, mimics, consists of the northern mockingbird, the brown thrasher and the gray catbird. 
