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mocking wren An American wren of the genus Thryothorus, esp. T. ludovicianus.
1874Baird, etc. N. Amer. Land Birds I. 142 The great Carolina or Mocking Wren, is found in all the South⁓eastern and Southern States from Florida to Maryland. 1876Gentry Life-Hist. Birds E. Pennsylv. I. 74 Thryothorus ludovicianus,..is commonly surnamed the Mocking Wren from its remarkable powers of mimicry. |