melanotis caerulescens

2 definitions found

melanotis caerulescens - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  mockingbird \mockingbird\, mocking bird \mocking bird\n.
     (Zool.),
     A long-tailed gray-and-white songbird of North America
     (Mimus polyglottos), remarkable for its exact imitations of
     the notes of other birds. Its back is gray; the tail and
     wings are blackish, with a white patch on each wing; the
     outer tail feathers are partly white. Originally its range
     was confined mostly to the southern states, but by late 19th
     century it had migrated as far north as New York. The name is
     also applied to other members of thee same and related
     genera, found in Mexico, Central America, and the West
     Indies, such as the blue mockingbird of Mexico, Melanotis caerulescens
     .
  
     Syn: mocker, Mimus polyglottos .
          [WordNet 1.5]

melanotis caerulescens - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Melanotis caerulescens
      n 1: mockingbird of Mexico [syn: blue mockingbird, Melanotis caerulescens
           ]