Mocking-Birdとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈmɒkɪŋbɜːd/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈmɑkɪŋˌbɝd/
• ハイフネーション: mock‧ing‧bird

名詞

mockingbird (plural mockingbirds)

1. Any of various long-tailed American songbirds of the genera Mimus and Melanotis, noted for their ability to mimic calls of other birds.

   Synonym: mocker

   Hypernyms: bird < animal < creature

   Hyponym: northern mockingbird

2. (archaic) Synonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”).

派生語

• Bahama mockingbird (Mimus gundlachii)
• blue-and-white mockingbird (Melanotis hypoleucus)
• blue mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens)
• brown-backed mockingbird (Mimus dorsalis)
• chalk-browed mockingbird (Mimus saturninus)
• Charles mockingbird Mimus trifasciatus)
• Chatham mockingbird (Mimus melanotis)
• Chilean mockingbird (Mimus thenca)
• Espanola mockingbird (Mimus macdonaldi (formerly Hood mockingbird))
• Floreana mockingbird (Mimus trifasciatus)
• Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus)
• Hood mockingbird (Mimus macdonaldi)
• long-tailed mockingbird (Mimus longicaudatus)
• northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
• Patagonian mockingbird (Mimus patagonicus)
• San Cristobal mockingbird (Mimus melanotis)
• Socorro mockingbird (Mimus graysoni)
• tropical mockingbird (Mimus gilvus)
• white-banded mockingbird (Mimus triurus)

Further reading

• “mockingbird”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• mockingbird on Wikipedia.Wikipedia