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[MOCCASIN.] mock-Ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [MOCK, v.] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As substantive: 1. The act of ridiculing, deriding, or jeering; mockery. 2. An imitation, a counterfeit. "It is a pretty mocking of the life." Shakesp.: Timon of Athens, i. 1. mocking-bird, s. Ornith.: The popular name of Mimus polyglott us . Ashy brown above, white beneath; wings black, varied with white, tail black. Its range in this country, of which it is native, is from 40° north to Mexico. It is also said to occur in Cuba. "The vocal powers of the mocking- bird exceed both in their imitative notes and in their natural song, those of any other species. The wild scream of the eagle and the soft notes of the blue-bird are repeated with exactne , and with apparently equal facility, while in both force and sweetne the mocking - bird will often improve upon the original. The natural notes are bold, rich, and full, and are varied almost without limitation."-Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway : North American Birds. *mocking-stock, s. A butt for merriment; a laughing-stock. "Philip was taken by the consul; made a mocking -stock; and sent away prisoner to Rome."Raleigh: Hist . World , bk. v., ch. v., § 7. mockingly mock-Ing-lý, adv. [Eng. mocking; -ly.] In a mocking, jeering manner; with mockery; joeringly, derisively. ""Let's meete,' quoth Eccho, mockingly . ” Warner: Albion's England , bk. ix., ch. xlv. *mock-Ish, a. [Eng. mock; -ish .] Mock, sham, counterfeit. mô-cô, s. [A South American name (?); French moco; cf. Sp.moco moldine .] Zool.: Cavia (Kerodon) rupestris, or Kerodon moco, the Rock Cavy, a South American rodent, akin to the guinea pig, but larger. It lives in rocky places in Brazil.