| mock | Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham. "That superior greatness and mock majesty. <botany> " (Spectator) Mock bishop's weed, a genus of American and Asiatic shrubs (Philadelphus), with showy white flowers in panicled cymes. P. Coronarius, from Asia, has fragrant flowers; the American kinds are nearly scentless. Mock sun. See Parhelion. Mock turtle soup, a soup made of calf's head, veal, or other meat, and condiments, in imitation of green turtle soup. Mock velvet, a fabric made in imitation of velvet. See Mockado. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| mockbird | <zoology> The European sedge warbler (Acrocephalus phragmitis). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mocker | 1. One who, or that which, mocks; a scorner; a scoffer; a derider. 2. A deceiver; an impostor. 3. <zoology> A mocking bird. <botany> Mocker nut, a kind of hickory (Carya tomentosa) and its fruit, which is far inferior to the true shagbark hickory nut. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mocking | Imitating, especially. In derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive. Mocking bird, any American wren of the genus Thryothorus, esp. T. Ludovicianus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |