mocking thrush n 1: thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs [syn: {thrasher}, {mocking thrush}]
Mocking \Mock"ing\, a. Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive. [1913 Webster] {Mocking thrush} (Zool.), any species of the genus {Harporhynchus}, as the brown thrush ({Harporhynchus rufus}). {Mocking wren} (Zool.), any American wren of the genus {Thryothorus}, esp. {Thryothorus Ludovicianus}. [1913 Webster] mockingbird