mockingbirds 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. Mockingbirds are badass.
2. Mockingbirds -- that's Mimus polyglottos -- are the emcees of the animal kingdom.
3. Different islands within sight of each other have different mockingbirds with slightly different feather and like the finches slightly different beaks
4. Additionally, they have no vocal cords, but they have a syrinx out of which come melodious songs like those of the nightingales and mockingbirds.