Look up: Nightingale

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   Nightingale
   The nightingale is a song bird of the thrush family.
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   Nightingale
   see 'C-9'
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   nightingale
   [n] - English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910) 2. [n] - European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song
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   Nightingale
   Night'in·gale noun [ Middle English nihtegale , nightingale , Anglo-Saxon nihtegale ; niht night + galan to sing, akin to English yell ; confer Dutch nachtegaal , Old Saxon nahtigala , Old High German nahtigala , German nachtigall , Swedish näktergal , Danish nattergal . See Night , and Yell .] < ...
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   nightingale
   1. <zoology> 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. <zoology> 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 ...
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   nightingale
   Luscinia megarhynchos noun European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song
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   Nightingale
   Florence Nightingale noun English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)
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   Nightingale
   The `Nightingale` (`Luscinia megarhynchos`), also known as `Rufous Nightingale` and `Common Nightingale`, is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. It belongs to a group of more terrestrial species, often called chats. It is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in forest and scrub in Europe and south-west A...
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   Nightingale
   • (n.) A small, plain, brown and gray European song bird (Luscinia luscinia). It sings at night, and is celebrated for the sweetness of its song. • (n.) A larger species (Lucinia philomela), of Eastern Europe, having similar habits; the thrush nightingale. The name is also applied to other allied species. • (n.) A larger species (Luc...
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    Nightingale
    (from the article `Tristan da Cunha`) ...of St. Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean about midway between southern Africa and South America. The territory consists of six small islands, of ...
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    nightingale
    any of several small Old World thrushes, belonging to the family Turdidae (order Passeriformes), renowned for their song. The name refers in ... [1 related articles]
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    nightingale
    nightingale, common name for a migratory Old World bird of the family Turdidae (thrush family), celebrated for its vocal powers. The common nightingale of England and Western Europe, Luscinia megarhynchos, is about 6 1/2 in. (16.3 cm) long, reddish-brown above and grayish-white below. It winters in ...
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