mockingbird

Significado (Inglés)

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”).

Sinónimos

mocker

thrasher

Mimus polyglotktos

Northern mockingbird

common mockingbird

mocking bird

catbird

bird

🐦

yellow-breasted chat

Traducións

sinsonte

Spottdrossel

cenzontle

alaycı kuş

moqueur polyglotte

chonte

moqueur

Spottdrosseln

mimini

amerikanische Spottdrossel

miminis

moqueur américain

mimo

Spötter

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈmɒkɪŋbɜːd/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

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