Definition of "mockingbird" [mockingbird]

• Any of several species of New World birds of the family Mimidae, especially Mimus polyglottos, a gray and white bird of the southern and eastern United States, noted for the ability to mimic the sounds of other birds. (noun)

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• "The mockingbird is a good capture , another bird with great personality."
• "The parrot and the mockingbird were the property of Madame Lebrun, and they had the right to make all the noise they wished."
• "To kill a mockingbird is a sin, Finch told his children, because it brings no harm to others."