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How to pronounce mockingbird in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms mimus polyglotktos, mocker
Type of oscine, oscine bird

Examples of mockingbird

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She monitored 347 nests built by one host species, the chalk-browed mockingbird.
From the newscientist.com
Do the northern mockingbird wing stripes convey that bold flash of white you saw?
From the charlotteobserver.com
Don't let the Floreana mockingbird go the same way as the dodo, Dawkins says.
From the telegraph.co.uk
One scene shows President Thomas Jefferson's office, where he kept a pet mockingbird.
From the kentucky.com
Mockingbird Lane and all other northbound entrances will also remain open.
From the dallasnews.com
Brown thrashers sing a song with a more burry quality than the mockingbird.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Ten of us intently scanned the arid islet, a last refuge for the Floreana mockingbird.
From the post-gazette.com
He stared up at a noisy mockingbird perched in the shade tree in front of the library.
From the npr.org
In an industry dominated by eagles, Classic Air is more like a mockingbird.
From the time.com
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  • Operation Mockingbird was a secret Central Intelligence Agency campaign to influence domestic and foreign media beginning in the 1950s.
  • Mockingbird is a science fiction novel by Walter Tevis, published in 1980 by Doubleday. It was nominated for a Nebula Award for Best Novel.
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  • Mockingbird Station is a DART Light Rail station located in north Dallas, Texas (USA) at Mockingbird Lane and North Central Expressway (US 75). ...
  • "Mockingbird" is a song by Eminem and is on his album, Encore. It reached #11 in the U.S. music charts, and #4 in the UK. It received a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Solo Performance.
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