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mockingbirdalso mocking-bird, 1670s, from mocking (adj.), 1520s, from present participle of mock (v.) + bird (n.1). Earlier form was mock-bird (1640s).
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mockingbird(n) long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds
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mockingbird A Special type of Trojan Horse virus program, a Mockingbird is software that intercepts communications (especially login transactions) between users and hosts, and provides system-like responses to the users while saving their responses (especially account IDs and passwords) for later transmission to, or collection by, a third party. *** The Info [..]
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