Philomel
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noun.
A nightingale.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The nightingale.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
Same as
Philomela
, the nightingale.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The
nightingale
.
Word Usage
"Then listen to the lamentations of this inspired and afflicted prophet: they are full of deepest pathos, and uttered in notes sweet as the warblings of philomel."
variant
Philomela