Definition of Mockeng
Mock"ing, a. Imitating, esp. in
derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive.
Mocking bird (Zoöl.), a North
American singing bird (Mimus polyglottos), remarkable for its
exact imitations of the notes of other birds. Its back is gray; the
tail and wings are blackish, with a white patch on each wing; the
outer tail feathers are partly white. The name is also applied to
other species of the same genus, found in Mexico, Central America,
and the West Indies. -- Mocking thrush
(Zoöl.), any species of the genus
Harporhynchus, as the brown thrush (H. rufus). --
Mocking wren (Zoöl.), any American
wren of the genus Thryothorus, esp. T.
Ludovicianus.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- present participle of the verb to mock
- action of the verb to mock
- derisive or contemptuous
- teasing or taunting
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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