| 单词 | northern mockingbird | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasnorthern mockingbird  a.  Any of various long-tailed songbirds with greyish plumage belonging to the genus  Mimus or related genera of the New World family  Mimidae, found mainly in tropical America; spec. (also  northern mockingbird)  Mimus polyglottos, of Mexico and the southern and eastern United States, noted for its habit of mimicking the calls of other birds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > 			[noun]		 > family Mimidae > genus Mimus mockingbird1676 Mimus1706 mocker1774 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > 			[noun]		 > family Mimidae > genus Mimus > mimus polyglottus (mocking-bird) mock-bird1649 mockingbird1676 mocker1774 1676    Philos. Trans. 		(Royal Soc.)	 11 631  				There are also divers kinds of small Birds, whereof the Mocking-bird, the Red-bird, and Humming-bird, are the most remarkable. 1694    Philos. Trans. 1693 		(Royal Soc.)	 17 995  				The Red Mocking is of a duskish red, or rather brown; it sings very well, but has not so soft a Note as the gray Mocking Bird. 1694    Philos. Trans. 1693 		(Royal Soc.)	 17 993  				Their Mocking Birds may be compared to our Singing Thrushes. 1741    E. Lucas Jrnl. & Lett. 		(1850)	 11  				I promised to tell you when the mocking bird began to sing. 1787    T. Jefferson Let. 21 May in  Papers 		(1955)	 XI. 370  				Endeavor, my dear, to make yourself acquainted with the music of this bird, that when you return to your own country you may be able to estimate it's merit in comparison with that of the mocking bird. 1803    W. Bingley Animal Biogr. II. 336  				The..Mocking Bird..seems to have a singular pleasure in archly leading other birds astray. 1839    C. Darwin in  R. Fitzroy  & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. iii. 62  				A mocking-bird, Orpheus modulator, called by the inhabitants Calandria, is remarkable, from possessing a song far superior to that of any other bird in the country. 1855    W. S. Dallas in  Syst. Nat. Hist. II. 296  				The hunters in the Southern States know that the moon is rising when they hear the Mocking Bird begin to sing. 1903    H. Keller Story of my Life  ii. 116  				The mocking bird does not live in the cold north. 1969    E. Welty Optimist's Daughter 		(1973)	 III. i. 108  				On top of the tree, the mockingbird threw out his chest and let fall a cascade of song. 1989    Times 3 Jan. 10/1  				This was followed by debuts of a northern mockingbird from the United States in Essex. < as lemmas | 
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