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nightingale


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nightingale  \Night"in*gale\,  n.  [OE.  nihtegale,nightingale,  AS 
  nihtegale  niht  night  +  galan  to  sing,  akin  to  E.  yell;  cf 
  D.  nachtegaal  OS  nahtigala  OHG.  nahtigala  G.  nachtigall 
  Sw  n["a]ktergal,  Dan.  nattergal  See  {Night},  and  {Yell}.] 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  small  plain,  brown  and  gray  European  song 
  bird  ({Luscinia  luscinia}).  It  sings  at  night,  and  is 
  celebrated  for  the  sweetness  of  its  song. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  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}.  (Zo["o]l.)  See  {Blackcap},  n.,  1 
  a  . 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nightingale 
  n  1:  European  songbird  noted  for  its  melodious  nocturnal  song 
  [syn:  {Luscinia  megarhynchos}] 
  2:  1820-1910  [syn:  {Nightingale},  {Florence  Nightingale}] 




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