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 Mock, a. Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham.
    That superior greatness and mock majesty.   --Spectator.
 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 Zool., 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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 Night·in·gale n.
 1. Zool. 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.
 2. Zool. A larger species (Lucinia philomela), of Eastern Europe, having similar habits; the thrush nightingale. The name is also applied to other allied species.
 Mock nightingale. Zool. See Blackcap, n., 1 (a).
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