nightingale

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.

Any of various other songbirds of the genus Luscinia.

A sort of flannel scarf, with sleeves, designed to be worn by persons confined to bed. It was largely used by the sick and wounded in the Franco-German war, 1870–1.

A title popularly given to Jenny Lind, the famous Swedish singer.

A small sylviine bird of Europe, Asia, and Africa, belonging to the order Passeres, the suborder Oscines, the family Sylviidæ, and the genus Daulias.

Some bird which sings sweetly and hence is likened to or mistaken for a nightingale.

A small, plain, brown and gray European song bird (Luscinia megarhynchos syn. Luscinia luscinia). It sings at night, and is celebrated for the sweetness of its song.

A larger species (Lucinia philomela), of Eastern Europe, having similar habits; the thrush nightingale. The name is also applied to other allied species.

See Blackcap, n., 1 (a).

A European songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, of the family Turdidae.