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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Mock \Mock\, a.
     Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed;
     sham.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           That superior greatness and mock majesty. --Spectator.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Mock \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 (Zo["o]l.), the European blackcap.
  
     Mock orange (Bot.), a genus of American and Asiatic shrubs
        ({Philadelphus), with showy white flowers in panicled
        cymes. P. 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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  mock turtle soup
       n : soup made from a calf's head or other meat in imitation of
           green turtle soup

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  mock turtle soup
     n.
     A cheaper imitation of turtle soup, often made from brains and organ
  meats such as calf's head or calf's foot.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  mock turtle soup
     n.
     A cheaper imitation of turtle soup, often made from brains and organ
  meats such as calf's head or calf's foot.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  mock turtle soup
     n.
     A cheaper imitation of turtle soup, often made from brains and organ
  meats such as calf's head or calf's foot.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  mock turtle soup
     n.
     A cheaper imitation of turtle soup, often made from brains and organ
  meats such as calf's head or calf's foot.

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