Found 5 hits - Term: mockingbird, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mockingbird \mockingbird\, mocking bird \mocking bird\n.
zool.,
a long-tailed gray-and-white songbird of north america
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. originally its range
was confined mostly to the southern states, but by late 19th
century it had migrated as far north as new york. the name is
also applied to other members of thee same and related
genera, found in mexico, central america, and the west
indies, such as the blue mockingbird of mexico, melanotis
caerulescens.
syn: mocker, mimus polyglottos .
wordnet 1.5
see also:
mimus polyglottos melanotis caerulescens
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
mockingbird
n : long-tailed gray-and-white songbird of the southern united
states able to mimic songs of other birds syn: mocker,
mimus polyglotktos
see also:
mocker mimus polyglotktos
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
48 moby thesaurus words for "mockingbird":
philomel, ape, bulbul, canary, conformist, copier, copycat,
copyist, counterfeiter, cuckoo, dissembler, dissimulator, echo,
echoer, echoist, faker, feathered songster, forger, hypocrite,
imitator, impersonator, impostor, lark, mavis, mime, mimer, mimic,
mimicker, mocker, monkey, nightingale, oriole, parrot, phony,
plagiarist, poll-parrot, polly, polly-parrot, poseur, ringdove,
sheep, simulator, singing bird, song sparrow, songbird, songster,
thrush, warbler
- [4] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
mockingbird n. software that intercepts communications especially
login transactions between users and hosts and provides system-like
responses to the users while saving their responses especially account
ids and passwords. a special case of trojan horse.
see also:
trojan horse
- [5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
mockingbird
software that intercepts communications especially login
transactions between users and hosts and provides system-like
responses to the users while saving their responses
especially account ids and passwords. a special case of
trojan horse.
jargon file
see also:
trojan horse jargon file
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