spotlijster
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
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Noun[edit]
spotlijster f (plural spotlijsters, diminutive spotlijstertje n)
- A mockingbird
- (particularly) The northern mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos