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Definition: Mock nightingale

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["a]ktergal, Dan. nattergal. See Night, and Yell.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) A larger species (Lucinia philomela), of
Eastern Europe, having similar habits; the thrush
nightingale. The name is also applied to other allied
species.
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Mock nightingale. (Zo["o]l.) See Blackcap, n., 1
(a) .
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Mock \Mock\, a.
Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed;
sham.
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That superior greatness and mock majesty. --Spectator.
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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 (Zo["o]l.), 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.
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