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- a thrush-like American songbird of the mockingbird family, with mainly brown or grey plumage, a long tail, and a downcurved bill嘲鸫。
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- Family Mimidae: five genera, in particular Toxostoma, and several species.嘲鸫科：5属, 尤指矢嘲鸫属, 数种。
词源
early 19th cent.: perhaps from English dialect thrusher, thresher 'thrush'.