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MOCKING THRUSH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs
Synonyms:
mocking thrush; thrasher
Classified under:
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)