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Meaning of MOCKINGBIRD

Pronunciation:  'mâking`burd

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  long-tailed gray-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds
 
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 Synonyms: Mimus polyglotktos, mocker
 
 See Also: genus Mimus, Mimus, oscine, oscine bird

 

 

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Mockingbird
In a future world where mankind is dying, humans wander through life in a drugged electronic bliss. Quick sex is the norm, and some people would rather commit suicide than live in hopelessness. But two people find themselves drawn to each other in an orchestrated coupling by an android that can never die, but who has no desire to continue living.

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Computing Dictionary
 
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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.

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Dream Dictionary
 
 Definition: Seeing or hearing a mockingbird in your dream, represents cockiness, cleverness, or independence. You may be taking credit for the work of others. You also have the tendency to get what you want.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: 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, Philomel, phony, plagiarist, poll-parrot, polly, polly-parrot, poseur, ringdove, sheep, simulator, singing bird, song sparrow, songbird, songster, thrush, warbler
 

 

 

 

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