mocking bird in English
noun
1
a long-tailed thrushlike songbird with grayish plumage, found mainly in tropical America and noted for its mimicry of the calls and songs of other birds.
Francis gives a similar explanation for the exceptional mimicry of mockingbirds , suggesting that mimicry itself was not favored by natural selection.
noun
mocker
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1. Mild and gentle, as he was brave- , When the sweetest love of his life he gave To simple things- : Where the violets grew Blue as the eyes they were likened to, The touches of his hands have strayed As reverently as his lips have prayed: When the little brown thrush that harshly Chirred Was dear to him as the mocking-bird; And he pitied as much