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."
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    Philomela