mockingbird n : long-tailed gray-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds [syn: {mocker}, {Mimus polyglotktos}]
mockingbird 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). A special case of {Trojan Horse}. [{Jargon File}]