spotlijster
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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of spotten (“to mock”) + lijster (“thrush”). The literal translation of mockingbird is spotvogel, which in Dutch instead refers to a different species of bird native to Europe.
Pronunciation
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Noun
spotlijster f (plural spotlijsters, diminutive spotlijstertje n)
- a mockingbird
- (particularly) the northern mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos