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Mock turtle soup   /mɑk tˈərtəl sup/   Listen
adjective
Mock  adj.  Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham. "That superior greatness and mock majesty."
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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