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S: ETSU – https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4677&context=etd (last access: 23 April 2024); SDHG – https://www.sandiegohomegarden.com/2014/07/07/a-mockingbird-is-not-a-nightingale/ (last access: 23 April 2024).
N: 1. also mocking-bird, passerine bird of the southerly parts of the U.S., noted for the song of the males and its skill in imitation, 1670s (mock-bird is from 1640s), from present-participle adjective of mock (v.) + bird (n.1).
. The first known use of mockingbird was in 1676.
2. A common grayish North American bird (Mimus polyglottos) related to the thrashers that is remarkable for its exact imitations of the notes of other birds.
3. mockingbird, any of several versatile songbirds of the New World family Mimidae (order Passeriformes). The common, or northern, mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) is well known as a mimic; it has been known to imitate the songs of 20 or more species within 10 minutes. It is 27 cm (10.5 inches) long and gray with darker wings and tail both marked with white. It ranges from the northern United States to Mexico—or to Brazil, if the tropical mockingbird (M. gilvus) is considered a race rather than a separate species—and has been introduced into Hawaii. It thrives in suburban areas. This bird sings from high perches and vigorously defends its territory; it may even sing at night.
4. Other species of Mimus range from Central and South America to Patagonia, and the blue mockingbird (Melanotis) inhabits much of Mexico. The Galapagos mockingbird (Nesomimus) has various races or subspecies on the different islands, showing an adaptive radiation similar to, but not as extreme as, that found in the Galapagos finch.
6. Cultural Interrelation: We can allude to the novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) written by Nelle Harper Lee (1926-2016) who finally won The 1961 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Fiction.
To Kill a Mockingbird was adapted into a 1962 film directed by Robert Mulligan (1925-2008).
We can also refer to Mockingbird (2004), a song by American rapper Eminem.
S: 1. Etymonline – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=mockingbird (last access: 23 April 2024); MW – https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mockingbird (last access: 23 April 2024). 2. MW – https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mockingbird (last access: 23 April 2024). 3&4. EncBrit – https://www.britannica.com/animal/mockingbird-bird (last access: 23 April 2024). 5. ABCBirds – https://abcbirds.org/bird/northern-mockingbird/ (last access: 23 April 2024). 6. Amazon – https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Mockingbird-Harper-Lee/dp/0446310786 (last access: 23 April 2024); Pulitzer – https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/harper-lee (last access: 23 April 2024); IMDb – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056592/ (last access: 23 April 2024): Neon Music – https://neonmusic.co.uk/unravelling-the-genius-of-eminems-mockingbird-lyrics-symbolism-and-cultural-influence/(last access: 23 April 2024)
OV: mocking-bird
S: Etymonline – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=mockingbird (last access: 23 April 2024)
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