mockingbird
noun
any of several gray, black, and white songbirds of the genus Mimus, especially M. polyglottos, of the U.S. and Mexico, noted for their ability to mimic the songs of other birds.
mockingbirds
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pluralof mockingbird.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Perhaps not in the key some of us wanted to hear but then, some folks find mockingbirds annoying, too.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Smaller birds defer to bigger birds, scooting off the feeding bench when jays or mockingbirds come in for a landing.
From Washington Post ● May 9, 2022
Others were complicated with squiggles, lots of stripes and flourishes including ivy, eagles, ducks, mockingbirds, deer, bees and catfish.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2020
From outside would come the resolute tapping of woodpeckers and the morning calls of gray catbirds, brown thrashers, and mockingbirds, all singing their hearts out.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2019
Over five weeks, Darwin collected carcasses of finches, mockingbirds, blackbirds, grosbeaks, wrens, albatrosses, iguanas, and an array of sea and land plants.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
