Mimusn.
/ˈmʌɪməs/, U.S. /ˈmaɪməs/ A genus of mockingbirds which includes the northern mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos; a bird of this genus.Valid publication of the genus name: F. Boie 1826, in Isis von Oken 19 971/2, after earlier use in M. J. Brisson Ornithologia (1760) II. 266.
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1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Mimus, the Indian Mock~bird, not much unlike the Jay, but somewhat smaller.
1858 S. F. Baird Birds (U.S. War Dept.: Rep. Explor. Route Pacific IX) ii. 344 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (33rd Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 91) Galeoscoptes.—Much like Mimus. Wings a little shorter than the tail.
1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 541/1 The so-called Mountain Mocking-bird..is a form not very distant from Mimus.
1960 J. Bond Birds W. Indies 168 A fourth genus native to these islands is Mimus, which includes the mockingbirds, a group widespread in North, Central and South America.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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