Mock"ing, a. Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision;
mimicking; derisive.
Mocking bird (Zoöl.), a North American singing bird (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. The name
is also applied to other species of the same genus, found in Mexico,
Central America, and the West Indies. -- Mocking thrush (Zoöl.), any
species of the genus Harporhynchus, as the brown thrush (H. rufus). --
Mocking wren (Zoöl.), any American wren of the genus Thryothorus, esp.
T. Ludovicianus.
Mock"ing*ly, adv. By way of derision; in a contemptuous or mocking
manner.