mockingbird

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. Any of various long-tailed American songbirds of the genera Mimus and Melanotis, noted for their ability to mimic calls of other birds.
2. (archaic) Synonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”).

Konzepte

Spottdrossel

Spötter

gemeine Spottdrossel

nördliche Spottdrossel

amerikanische Spottdrossel

Spottdrosseln

Synonyme

mocker

thrasher

Mimus polyglotktos

Northern mockingbird

common mockingbird

mocking bird

catbird

bird

🐦

yellow-breasted chat

Übersetzungen

sinsonte

cenzontle

chonte

alaycı kuş

moqueur polyglotte

moqueur

miminis

passero burlone

mimini

tordo beffeggiatore

ucello-mimo

Mimidae

Mimus longicaudatus

tordo americano

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈmɒkɪŋbɜːd/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From mocking + bird, from the ability of the birds to mimic sounds and, in some cases, hum as a wake-up call.