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Mockingbird vs Robin - What's the difference?

mockingbird | robin |

As nouns the difference between mockingbird and robin

is that mockingbird is a long-tailed american songbird of the mimidae family, noted for its ability to mimic calls of other birds while robin is (soccer) someone connected with any number of sports teams known as the , as a fan, player, coach, etc.

As a proper noun robin is

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mockingbird

Noun

(en noun)
  • A long-tailed American songbird of the Mimidae family, noted for its ability to mimic calls of other birds.
  • Usage notes

    * the family Mimidae (mimids]]) also includes thrashers, tremblers and the New World [[catbird, catbirds.

    robin

    English

    (wikipedia robin)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly ), typically with a red breast.
  • # A European robin; ''Erithacus rubecula.
  • #*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=Ep./4/2
  • , passage=As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.}}
  • # An American robin; Turdus migratorius .
  • Usage notes

    The American robin is quite different from the European one: English settlers in America so named a red-breasted bird much larger than the European robin.

    Synonyms

    * (all senses) redbreast, robin redbreast * (the European robin)

    Derived terms

    * robin redbreast * round-robin