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Found 2 items, similar to Nightingale.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: nightingale
nightingale
n 1: European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song
[syn:
Luscinia megarhynchos]
2: English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War
(1820-1910) [syn:
Florence Nightingale,
the Lady with the Lamp
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Nightingale
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 megarhynchos syn.
Luscinia luscinia).
It sings at night, and is celebrated for the sweetness of
its song.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Mock nightingale. (Zo["o]l.) See
Blackcap, n., 1
(a) .
[1913 Webster]
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