spotlijster

Dutch

Etymology

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.

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Noun

spotlijster f (plural spotlijsters, diminutive spotlijstertje n)

1. A mockingbird
2. (particularly) The northern mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos