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night·in·gale N0103100 (nīt′n-gāl′, nī′tĭng-)n.1. A songbird (Luscinia megarhynchos) of Eurasia and Africa with reddish-brown plumage, noted for the melodious song of the male during the breeding season, most often heard at night.2. Any of various other songbirds of the genus Luscinia.
[Middle English, from Old English nihtegale : niht, night; see night + galan, to sing; see ghel- in Indo-European roots.]nightingale (ˈnaɪtɪŋˌɡeɪl) n1. (Animals) a brownish European songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, with a broad reddish-brown tail: well known for its musical song, usually heard at night2. (Animals) any of various similar or related birds, such as Luscinia luscinia (thrush nightingale)[Old English nihtegale, literally: night-singer, from night + galan to sing]
Nightingale (ˈnaɪtɪŋˌɡeɪl) n (Biography) Florence, known as the Lady with the Lamp. 1820–1910, English nurse, famous for her work during the Crimean War. She helped to raise the status and quality of the nursing profession and founded a training school for nurses in London (1860)night•in•gale (ˈnaɪt nˌgeɪl, ˈnaɪ tɪŋ-)
n. any of several small Old World birds of the thrush subfamily, esp. Luscinia megarhynchos, of Europe, noted for the melodious song of the male, often heard at night. [1200–50; Middle English nightyngale, nightegale, Old English nihtegale, c. German Nachtigall, literally, night singer (compare Old English galan sing; akin to yell)] Night•in•gale (ˈnaɪt nˌgeɪl, ˈnaɪ tɪŋ-)
n. Florence, 1820–1910, English nurse and hospital reformer. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  nightingale - European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal songLuscinia megarhynchosthrush - songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breastgenus Luscinia, Luscinia - nightingalesbulbul - nightingale spoken of in Persian poetry | | 2. |  Nightingale - English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)Florence Nightingale, Lady with the Lamp |
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collective noun watchTranslationsnightingale (ˈnaitiŋgeil) , ((American) -tən-) noun a type of small bird with a beautiful song. 夜鶯 夜莺
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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 Africa and reaches England about mid-April. Its famous song is delivered only by the male during the breeding season, at any time of day or night. A larger species is found in Eastern Europe. The bulbul, a prodigious songster of Persian literature, was once thought to be a nightingale but has been identified with another family; the Virginia nightingale is a grosbeak; and the Pekin, or Japanese, nightingale belongs to the babbler family. Nightingales are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Turdidae.nightingaleidentified with mortality. [Animal Symbolism: Mercatante, 163]See: Death
nightingaleimmortal bird whose voice has been heard from time immemorial. [Br. Poetry: Keats “Ode to a Nightingale”]See: Immortalitynightingale1. a brownish European songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, with a broad reddish-brown tail: well known for its musical song, usually heard at night 2. any of various similar or related birds, such as Luscinia luscinia (thrush nightingale)
Nightingale Florence, known as the Lady with the Lamp. 1820--1910, English nurse, famous for her work during the Crimean War. She helped to raise the status and quality of the nursing profession and founded a training school for nurses in London (1860) Nightingale
Nightingale [nīt´in-gāl″] Florence (1820– 1910). Founder of modern nursing. She was born in Florence, Italy, of English parents. In 1854 she led a group of nurses to the Crimea to care for English troops, and later she reorganized military nursing and sanitation in England and then India. She also contributed to the field of dietetics, and her skill as a statistician in gathering data won her election to the Royal Statistical Society and honorary membership in the American Statistical Association. Florence Nightingale. Courtesy of Florence Nightingale Museum, London, U.K.Night·in·gale (nīt'in-gāl), Florence, 1820-1910. English nurse; founder of modern nursing.AcronymsSeeC-9nightingale
Synonyms for nightingalenoun European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal songSynonymsRelated Words- thrush
- genus Luscinia
- Luscinia
- bulbul
noun English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)Synonyms- Florence Nightingale
- Lady with the Lamp
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