'Mock nightingale' definitions:
Definition of 'Mock nightingale'
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- Mock \Mock\, a. Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham. [1913 Webster]
- That superior greatness and mock majesty. --Spectator. [1913 Webster]
- Mock bishop's weed (Bot.), a genus of slender umbelliferous herbs (Discopleura) growing in wet places.
- Mock heroic, burlesquing the heroic; as, a mock heroic poem.
- Mock lead. See Blende ( a ).
- Mock nightingale (Zool.), the European blackcap.
- Mock orange (Bot.), a genus of American and Asiatic shrubs (Philadelphus), with showy white flowers in panicled cymes. Philadelphus coronarius, from Asia, has fragrant flowers; the American kinds are nearly scentless.
- Mock sun. See Parhelion.
- Mock turtle soup, a soup made of calf's head, veal, or other meat, and condiments, in imitation of green turtle soup.
- Mock velvet, a fabric made in imitation of velvet. See Mockado. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mock nightingale'
From: GCIDE
- Nightingale \Night"in*gale\, n. [OE. nihtegale,nightingale, AS. nihtegale; niht night + galan to sing, akin to E. yell; cf. D. nachtegaal, OS. nahtigala, OHG. nahtigala, G. nachtigall, Sw. n[aum]ktergal, Dan. nattergal. See Night, and Yell.]
- 1. (Zool.) A small, plain, brown and gray European song bird (Luscinia megarhynchos syn. Luscinia luscinia). It sings at night, and is celebrated for the sweetness of its song. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) A larger species (Lucinia philomela), of Eastern Europe, having similar habits; the thrush nightingale. The name is also applied to other allied species. [1913 Webster]
- Mock nightingale. (Zool.) See Blackcap, n., 1 (a) . [1913 Webster]