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nightingale noun1.

a. A small reddish-brown migratory thrush, Luscinia megarhynchos, noted for the melodious song of the male, especially noticeable by night. OE.
b. With specifying word: any of various sweet-singing birds. E18.
KENTISH nightingale. SWEDISH nightingale. thrush nightingale: see THRUSH noun1. VIRGINIAN nightingale.
A person likened to a nightingale, a melodious singer or speaker. (Earliest as a surname.) ME.
In full Dutch nightingale. A frog. M18.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE NIGHTINGALE.
Comb.: nightingale floor in Japan, a floor that emits a high-pitched sound when trodden on.