Nightingale definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary NIGHTINGALE, n. 1. A small bird that sings at night, of ... 1: European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song [syn: nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos] 2: English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910) [syn: Nightingale, Florence Nightingale, Lady with the Lamp] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle ... f. Gmc: for -n- cf. FARTHINGALE Webster's 1913 Dictionary Nightingale Night"in*gale, n. [OE. nihtegale,nightingale, AS. nihtegale; ...
Mock nightingale definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Mock Mock, a. Imitating reality ... a mock heroic poem. Mock lead. See Blende ( a ). Mock nightingale (Zo["o]l.), the European blackcap. Mock orange (Bot.), a ... in imitation of velvet. See Mockado. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Nightingale Night"in*gale, n. [OE. nihtegale,nightingale, AS. nihtegale; niht night + galan to sing, akin to E ... 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) .
thrush nightingale definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: large nightingale of eastern Europe [syn: thrush nightingale, Luscinia luscinia] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Thrush Thrush, n. [OE ... said to be so called from its marbled breast. Thrush nightingale. See Nightingale, 2. Thrush tit, any one of several species of Asiatic ...
Scotch nightingale definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Scotch Scotch, a. [Cf. Scottish ... Scotch mist, a coarse, dense mist, like fine rain. Scotch nightingale (Zo["o]l.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.] Scotch pebble ... called also sedge bird, sedge wren, night warbler, and Scotch nightingale.
Florence Nightingale definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: English nurse ... for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910) [syn: Nightingale, Florence Nightingale, Lady with the Lamp]
Virginia nightingale definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Virginia Vir*gin"i*a ... U. S.] Virginia fence. See Worm fence, under Fence. Virginia nightingale (Zo["o]l.), the cardinal bird. See under Cardinal. Virginia ...
... of Pandion, king of Athens, who was changed into a nightingale.] The nightingale. Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Latin Philomela Philomela, nightingale Date: 1579 nightingale Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (also Philomela) poet. the nightingale. Etymology: earlier philomene f. med.L philomena f. L philomela nightingale f. Gk philomela: cap. with ref. to the myth ...
... luscinia definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: large nightingale of eastern Europe [syn: thrush nightingale, Luscinia luscinia] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Nightingale Night"in*gale, n. [OE. nihtegale,nightingale, AS. nihtegale; niht night + galan to sing, akin to E ... 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) .
bulbul definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: nightingale spoken of in Persian poetry Merriam Webster's noun Etymology ... songbird frequently mentioned in Persian poetry that is probably a nightingale (Erithacus megarhynchos) 2. any of a group of gregarious passerine ... Bulbul Bul"bul, n. [Per.] (Zo["o]l.) The Persian nightingale (Pycnonotus jocosus). The name is also applied to several other ... also buhlbuhl.] Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. (Persian) nightingale (Pyconotus jocosus).
Lucinia philomela definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Nightingale Night"in*gale, n. [OE. nihtegale,nightingale, AS. nihtegale; niht night + galan to sing, akin to E ... 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) .
... by the killing of his son, and changed into a nightingale while fleeing from him Webster's 1913 Dictionary Philomela Phil ... of Pandion, king of Athens), who was changed into a nightingale.] 1. The nightingale; philomel. --Shak. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of birds ...
... said to be so called from its marbled breast. Thrush nightingale. See Nightingale, 2. Thrush tit, any one of several species of Asiatic ... malarial fever, marsh fever, mavis, measles, meningitis, milzbrand, mockingbird, mumps, nightingale, oriole, ornithosis, osteomyelitis, paratyphoid fever, parotitis, parrot fever, pertussis, pneumonia ...